Patient table and control device of pallet of patient table

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9427196-B2
Application number	US-201514617921-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2015
Priority date	Aug 8, 2014
Publication date	Aug 30, 2016
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016

Abstract

A patient table and a control device of a pallet of the patient table are provided according to the present application to facilitate achieving the switching between manual operation and automatic operation in controlling the pallet, and to improve the operation convenience. The control device includes a through-beam photoelectric switch, a shutter and a trigger connected to the shutter, the trigger is arranged on a push-pull portion of the pallet to allow the shutter to be driven to move when a hand acts on the push-pull portion, to block a light beam of the through-beam photoelectric switch. The through-beam photoelectric switch is in signal connection with the control board of the patient table and is configured to send a signal for releasing the pallet to the control board of the patient table once the light beam of the through-beam photoelectric switch is blocked.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device of a pallet of a patient table, the patient table having a control board for controlling movement of the patient table, and the pallet of the patient table having a manually operated push-pull portion, wherein the control device comprises a through-beam photoelectric switch, a shutter and a trigger connected to the shutter, the trigger is arranged on the push-pull portion to allow the shutter to be driven to move when a hand acts on the push-pull portion, to block a light beam of the through-beam photoelectric switch; the through-beam photoelectric switch is in signal connection with the control board of the patient table and is configured to send a signal for releasing the pallet to the control board of the patient table once the light beam of the through-beam photoelectric switch is blocked.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the trigger is embedded in the push-pull portion and has a gripping portion extending out of the push-pull portion, and the gripping portion is connected to the shutter.

3. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein the gripping portion is connected to the shutter via an elastic member, to generate an elastic force under the action of a gripping force to drive the shutter to move.

4. The control device according to claim 3 , wherein the elastic member is an elastic connecting rod inserted in the push-pull portion, and the elastic connecting rod has a top end connected to the gripping portion and a bottom end connected to the shutter via a wire rope.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the shutter comprises a stationary plate and a movable plate which both has a through hole for the light beam of the through-beam photoelectric switch to pass through; and the movable plate is connected to the trigger, and is movable under the actuation of the trigger to allow the through hole of the movable plate to be misaligned with the through hole of the stationary plate to block the light beam of the through-beam photoelectric switch.

6. The control device according to claim 5 , wherein the movable plate has one end connected to the trigger and the other end connected to a return spring for driving the movable plate back to its original position.

7. The control device according to claim 6 , wherein the shutter further comprises a position-limiting member for limiting a stroke of the movable plate.

8. The control device according to claim 7 , wherein the position-limiting member is a position-limiting groove in cooperation with the movable plate, and the through hole of the movable plate is aligned with the through hole of the stationary plate when the movable plate abuts against one end of the position-limiting groove, and is misaligned with the through hole of the stationary plate when the movable plate abuts against the other end of the position-limiting groove.

9. The control device according to claim 5 , wherein the through-beam photoelectric switch comprises a light projector and a light receiver, and the light projector and the light receiver are respectively arranged at two ends of a frame.

10. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein the shutter comprises a stationary plate and a movable plate which both has a through hole for the light beam of the through-beam photoelectric switch to pass through; and the movable plate is connected to the trigger, and is movable under the actuation of the trigger to allow the through hole of the movable plate to be misaligned with the through hole of the stationary plate to block the light beam of the through-beam photoelectric switch.

11. The control device according to claim 10 , wherein the movable plate has one end connected to the trigger and the other end connected to a return spring for driving the movable plate back to its original position.

12. The control device according to claim 11 , wherein the shutter further comprises a position-limiting member for limiting a stroke of the movable plate.

13. The control device according to claim 12 , wherein the position-limiting member is a position-limiting groove in cooperation with the movable plate, and the through hole of the movable plate is aligned with the through hole of the stationary plate when the movable plate abuts against one end of the position-limiting groove, and is misaligned with the through hole of the stationary plate when the movable plate abuts against the other end of the position-limiting groove.

14. The control device according to claim 10 , wherein the through-beam photoelectric switch comprises a light projector and a light receiver, and the light projector and the light receiver are respectively arranged at two ends of a frame.

15. A patient table, comprising a frame and a pallet arranged on the frame, wherein the pallet is controlled by a control device of the pallet of the patient table, where the patient table has a control board for controlling movement of the patient table, and the pallet of the patient table has a manually operated push-pull portion, wherein the control device comprises a through-beam photoelectric switch, a shutter and a trigger connected to the shutter, the trigger is arranged on the push-pull portion to allow the shutter to be driven to move when a hand acts on the push-pull portion, to block a light beam of the through-beam photoelectric switch; the through-beam photoelectric switch is in signal connection with the control board of the patient table and is configured to send a signal for releasing the pallet to the control board of the patient table once the light beam of the through-beam photoelectric switch is blocked.

16. The patient table according to claim 15 , wherein the trigger is embedded in the push-pull portion and has a gripping portion extending out of the push-pull portion, and the gripping portion is connected to the shutter.

17. The patient table according to claim 15 , wherein the shutter comprises a stationary plate and a movable plate which both has a through hole for the light beam of the through-beam photoelectric switch to pass through; and the movable plate is connected to the trigger, and is movable under the actuation of the trigger to allow the through hole of the movable plate to be misaligned with the through hole of the stationary plate to block the light beam of the through-beam photoelectric switch.

18. The patient table according to claim 17 , wherein the movable plate has one end connected to the trigger and the other end connected to a return spring for driving the movable plate back to its original position.

19. The patient table according to claim 18 , wherein the shutter further comprises a position-limiting member for limiting a stroke of the movable plate; the position-limiting member is a position-limiting groove in cooperation with the movable plate, and the through hole of the movable plate is aligned with the through hole of the stationary plate when the movable plate abuts against one end of the position-limiting groove, and is misaligned with the through hole of the stationary plate when the movable plate abuts against the other end of the position-limiting groove.

20. The patient table according to claim 17 , wherein the through-beam photoelectric switch comprises a light projector and a light receiver, and the light projector and the light receiver are respectively arranged at two ends of a frame.

Assignees

• Shenyang Neusoft Medical Sys

Inventors

• Shi Xiaoping
• Hu Yang
• Yan Hong

Classifications

• A61B6/0407

  Supports, e.g. tables or beds, for the body or parts of the body · CPC title

• A61B6/03

  Computed tomography [CT] · CPC title

• A61G13/12

  Rests specially adapted therefor; Arrangements of patient-supporting surfaces {(rests for the surgeon A61B90/60; restraining devices A61F5/37)} · CPC title

• A61B6/0457 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B6/032

  Transmission computed tomography [CT] · CPC title