CT Gantry Warning Lamp Layout for Multi-Angle X-Ray Visibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Warning lamps in computed tomography devices are not adequately visible from all areas within the examination room, particularly in mobile setups where medical personnel may be present inside, posing a safety risk due to insufficient visibility of X-ray radiation warnings.
Innovation Solution
A gantry design for computed tomography devices with a warning lamp positioned along the longitudinal axis of the housing section, ensuring visibility from lateral, frontal, and rear regions, and incorporating a radiation shield to protect against scattered X-rays, with a control unit to activate the lamp during X-ray generation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If warning lamps are installed on the front and/or rear paneling in the form of button lights, then the warning lamps are visible from the control room, but the warning lamps are not visible from every position in the examination room
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple warning lamp functions into a single integrated unit mounted on the gantry. This single warning lamp unit can be viewed from multiple angles (front, rear, and lateral regions), replacing the need for separate button lights on front and rear paneling, thus reducing device complexity while maintaining comprehensive visibility
Solution Approach 2:
The warning lamp is positioned and oriented on the gantry structure to utilize three-dimensional spatial arrangement. By mounting the warning lamp on the gantry itself rather than on flat paneling surfaces, the warning signal becomes visible from multiple spatial dimensions and angles, solving the visibility problem without adding more lamps
2Reliability
If warning lamps are installed to be visible from all areas of the examination room, then safety for medical personnel is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple safety functions (visibility from front, rear, and lateral regions) are merged into a single warning lamp unit mounted on the gantry. This integrated approach provides comprehensive safety coverage for all areas of the examination room while avoiding the complexity of installing and maintaining multiple separate warning lamps throughout the device
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AI summary
An example embodiment relates to a gantry, the gantry comprising a housing section located, in relation to a radial direction perpendicular to a system axis of the gantry, between a lateral region of an area around the gantry and the system axis; an opening extending in a manner along the system axis of the gantry such that an object under examination can be introduced into the opening along the system axis and can be examined in the opening via X-ray radiation; and a warning lamp for warning of the X-ray radiation, the warning lamp extending along a longitudinal axis of the warning lamp, the warning lamp being on the housing section such that the longitudinal axis of the warning lamp is parallel or substantially parallel to the system axis of the gantry and the warning lamp is visible from the lateral region of the area around the gantry.