Patent ID: 8727618
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A diagnosis and patient care unit, comprising: a C-arm X-ray apparatus having a C-arm structure, to which an ionizing radiation source and a radiation detector are mounted, such that the C-arm X-ray apparatus is configured to obtain projection-type image data; a multi-axis robot operable to rotate the C-arm X-ray apparatus about two orthogonal axes; a processor configured to synthesize tomographic images from the projection-type image data; and further comprising two or more devices selected from: wherein the C-arm X-ray apparatus is mounted to the multi-axis robot so as to be positionable with respect to a patient support apparatus, the multi-axis robot having at least two rotation axes with different spatial directions; and wherein the C-arm X-ray apparatus is operable to obtain image data to perform a diagnosis and determine where to treat an injury to a patient based on the diagnosis, the determination of where to treat the injury comprising the patient remaining on the patient support apparatus for a time duration of the diagnosis and at least a part of a time duration of the treatment.