Patent ID: 11911195
Assignee: SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  F  G | IPC A  F  G

Claim 0:
1. A visual indicator system, attachable to a medical imaging patient bed, the visual indicator system comprising:
a finger guide comprising a recessed channel along one side of the medical imaging patient bed;
one or more light strips disposed within the finger guide, each light strip comprising a plurality of lights;
a distance meter, attachable to one end of the medical imaging patient bed and configured to emit a laser beam along the finger guide;
a storage device, configured to store one or more preconfigured finger gestures comprising gestures that include tapping a finger within the finger guide and moving a finger within the finger guide or a combination thereof; and
a microcontroller;
wherein the microcontroller is configured to detect when a finger truncates the beam in the finger guide, determine the location of the finger within the finger guide using the distance meter, and illuminate the one or more light strips after the one or more preconfigured finger gestures comprising are made with respect to the one or more light strips;
wherein a position of the illumination of the light strip corresponds to a position of performing the one or more preconfigured finger gestures.