EP4121255A1

EP4121255A1 - Device and method for detecting the medical status of a person

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Publication number: EP4121255A1
Application number: EP21715489.7A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Simon Haddadin; Christoph Jähne; Dmitrij Forssilow; Saskia Golz; Andreas SPENNINGER; Simon Josef GABL; Carles Calafell Garcia; Christian Mack; Lukas Anton HAUSPERGER
Original assignee: Franka Emika GmbH
Current assignee: Franka Emika GmbH
Priority date: 2020-03-18
Filing date: 2021-03-12
Publication date: 2023-01-25
Also published as: JP2023518095A; US20230329565A1; CN115151384A; KR20220154793A; DE102020001954A1; WO2021185683A1; DE102020001954B4

Abstract

The invention relates to a device and a method for detecting the medical status of a person. The device for detecting the medical status of a person comprises at least one robot manipulator RM (101), which is designed and equipped to alternately received and handle a number N of different provided effectors EFF_n (102) at the distal end of the robot manipulator, where N ≥ 1 and n = 1, 2,..., N, each effector EFF_n (102) allowing a selected activity AKT_k, where k = 1, 2,..., K and K ≥ 1; a first unit (103) for ascertaining the current state Z_RM(t) of the robot manipulator RM (101) and the current state Z_EFFn(t) of an effector EFF_n (102) currently arranged at the distal end of the robot manipulator; a second unit (104) for ascertaining and/or mechanically specifying, in particular in an individualizable manner, the current position Ε_ΚΤ,ΑΚΤk(t) of a body part KT of the person related to a selected activity AKT_k in the working region of the robot manipulator RM (101); a third unit (105) for ascertaining a force screw KW(t) currently acting on the robot manipulator RM (101); a fourth unit (106) which specifies target data and corresponding permissible deviations for each activity AKT_k; and a control unit (107) which is designed and equipped to control the robot manipulator RM (101) when an activity AKT_k is specified on the basis of: Z_RM(t), L_KT,AKTk(t), KW(t), the target data, and the permissible deviations, wherein as soon as a permissible deviation is exceeded, the robot manipulator RM (101) and the effector EFF_n (102) currently arranged thereon are controlled into a safety state SZ_RM(AKT_n), SZ_EFFn(AKT_n) based on the currently selected activity AKT_n, and samples and/or data ascertained during the activity AKT_k currently being carried out are provided for further analysis at a respective interface.

Description

Device and method for recording a medical status of a person

The invention relates to a device and a method for detecting a medical status of a person.

It is known that in the case of persons who may have an infectious, in particular a highly infectious disease, the medical staff who are usually concerned with determining the current medical status of such persons are exposed to a sometimes high risk of infection.

The object of the invention is to specify a device and a method for acquiring bio-signals for acquiring a medical status of a person, which largely excludes potential risks of infection for medical personnel.

The invention results from the features of the independent claims. Advantageous further developments and refinements are the subject matter of the dependent claims. Further features, possible applications and advantages of the invention emerge from the following description, as well as the explanation of exemplary embodiments of the invention, which are shown in the figures.

A first aspect of the invention relates to a device for detecting a medical status of a person, comprising: at least a robot manipulator RM, which is _{designed and set up at its distal end for exchangeably receiving and handling a number N of different effectors EFF n} provided, with N> 1 and n = 1, 2, ..., N, where the effectors EFF _n _{each enable an activity AKT k} selected from the following list, with k = 1, 2, ..., K and K> 1:

Sampling of the person's microbiological material using provided swab sticks (AKT _! ), Swabs (AKT ₂ ), swab spatulas (AKT ₃ ), biopsy needles (AKT ₄ ),

Sampling of capillary blood from the person using provided capillaries (AKTs),

Recording of medical parameters of the person: blood pressure (AKT ₆ ), pulse (AKT ₇ ), temperature (AKT ₇ ), electrical skin resistance (AKT ₈ ), electrical conductivity of the skin (AKT _g ), local electrical potential measurement on the skin surface (AKT10), Oxygen saturation (AKTn) by pulse oximetry, auscultation by means of an acoustic sensor (AKT ₁₂ )

Acquisition of image data of the entire person (AKT ₁₃ ) or of selected areas of the person e.g. external auditory canal (AKT ₁₄ ), pharynx (AKT ₁₅ ), specified skin areas (AKT ₁₆ ), joints (AKT ₁₇ ), eyes (AKT ₁₈ ), Feet (ACT ₁₉ ), hands (ACT ₁₇ ), head (ACT ₁₈ ), neck (ACT ₁₉ ), abdomen (ACT ₂₀ ), back (ACT ₂₁ ).

Further comprising: a first unit for determining a current state Z _RM (t) of the robot manipulator RM and a current state Z _E FFn (t) of an effector EFF _n currently arranged at its distal end, a second unit for determining and / or in particular customizable, mechanical specification of a current position (position / orientation) L _{KT, AKTk} (t) of a body part KT of the person in the work area of the robot manipulator RM, which is related to a selected activity AKT _{k, a third unit for determining a current response to the robot manipulator RM} acting power winch KW (t), a fourth unit, which for each of the activities AKT _k a target position L _K T, SOLL, AKTk of the respectively assigned body part KT in the working area of the robot manipulator RM, a target movement of the robot manipulator RM MOVE SOLL, RM , AKTk and target interaction forces INT _S o _{LL, AKTk} (BEWEGso _{LL, RM, AKTk} ) and target states of the effector

Z _EFF n _, so _Li _ (BEWEGso _{LL, RM, AKTk} ) between the robot manipulator RM (101) and the body part KT during the execution of the target movement and the associated permissible deviations: AL «T, SOLL, AKTk, allowed, ÄBEWEGsOLL, AKTk , permitted,

ÄI NTsOLL, AKTk, allowed (BEWEGsOLL, RM, AKTk) and ÄZEFFÜ, SOLL, allowed (BEWEGsOLL, RM, AKTk) specifies, and a control unit that is designed and set up to control the robot manipulator RM when an activity AKT _{k is specified} : Z _RM (t), L _KT , AKTk (t), KW (t), L _KT , soLL, AKTk (t), BEWEGSOLL, AKTk, AL «T, SOLL, AKTk, allowed, ÄBEWEGsoLL, AKTk, allowed,

ÄI NTsOLL, AKTk, allowed (BEWEGsOLL, AKTk) and ÄZEFFn, SOLL, allowed (BEWEGsOLL, AKTn) TO control, whereby as soon as a _{current movement of the robot manipulator RM determined from the current states Z RM} (t) or a currently detected force winder KW ( t) or a variable derived therefrom or a current state ZEFFW of the effector EFF _n (102) currently arranged on the robot manipulator RM exceeds a correspondingly specified and / or learned permissible deviation, the robot manipulator RM and the effector EFF _n currently arranged thereon in one of the currently selected activity AKT _n dependent security state SZ _RM (AKT _n ), SZ _EFFn (AKT _n ) can be controlled, and further to control the robot manipulator RM and the respective currently arranged effector EFF _{n in} such a way that during the current execution of the activity AKT _k determined image recordings and / or medical parameters and / or samples for further evaluation at a respective interface to be provided. In the present case, the term “medical condition” is understood to mean at least the medical diagnoses resulting from the stated sampling, recorded medical parameters and / or measurement data and / or image data.

In the present case, the robot manipulator RM is preferably an articulated manipulator with six or seven degrees of freedom. The robot manipulator RM can also be a continuum robot, a parallel robot, a linear robot, or any other movement apparatus. The robot manipulator RM is preferably force- and / or impedance- and / or admittance-controlled. It can also be current-regulated or flexible regulated in some other form. It can also be position-controlled and have force feedback or a flexible end effector EFF _n . The robot manipulator RM is preferably provided with an antibacterial, disinfecting coating.

The term “ACT _k ” is understood to mean at least those diagnostic activities that start with AKT- _! to ACT _{2I are} designated. However, this list is not exhaustive, so that other diagnostic activities are also included in the concept of the invention.

The effectors EFF _n for sampling microbiological material from the person are advantageously designed as grippers, so the provided swab, swab, smear spatula or biopsy needles can advantageously be gripped, handled according to the specified target movements, and placed in closable containers provided after the sampling is complete.

The effectors EFF _n for sampling capillary blood from the person advantageously comprise, on the one hand, a device for puncturing the skin and a corresponding gripper with which the capillary tubes provided can be gripped, handled according to the specified target movement, and stored in closable containers provided after sampling is complete .

The effectors EFF _n for detecting medical parameters of the person advantageously include appropriate sensors for blood pressure measurement, pulse measurement, temperature measurement, measurement of electrical skin resistance, measurement of electrical conductivity of the skin, measurement of local electrical potentials on the skin surface, measurement of oxygen saturation (especially by pulse oximetry) and for listening to the lungs, heart, etc. (auscultation). This list is not finally. Further activities AKT _k such as the acquisition of medical parameters and data through the use of ultrasonic sensors, laser sensors, X-ray sensors, etc. are included in the concept of the invention.

The effectors EFF _n for capturing image data advantageously include corresponding imaging sensors, such as camera sensors, infrared sensors, laser sensors, ultrasonic sensors, X-ray sensors, nuclear magnetic resonance sensors, etc.

The effectors EFF _n are advantageously coupled to the distal end of the robot manipulator RM either manually or in an automated manner, depending on a selected activity AKT _k. An effector EFF _n can advantageously have several different sensors and / or instruments for performing different activities AKT _k . The control of the robot manipulator RM and of the currently arranged effector EFF _n on the robot manipulator RM is carried out by the control unit.

The term “state Z _RM (t) of the robot manipulator RM” is understood broadly in the present case. This includes, in particular, the dynamic and electrical state of the robot manipulator RM.

The term “state Z _E FFn (t) of the effector EFF _n ” is also understood broadly in the present case. This includes in particular the dynamic and electrical state of the effector EFF _n .

The state Z _RM (t) of the robot manipulator RM and the state Z _E FFn (t) of the effector EFF _{n are} determined in the present case by the first unit. To this end, corresponding information and data are advantageously transmitted to the first unit from the robot manipulator RM and the respective effector EFF _n . As an alternative or in addition, information and data from external sensors, observers, etc. can be used for this purpose.

The second unit serves firstly to determine the current position (ie the position and orientation) L _{KT, AKTk} (t) of a body part KT of the person in the working area of the robot manipulator RM that is related to a selected activity AKT _{k and / or secondly the customizable,} mechanical specification of a current position UT, AKTk (t) of a body part KT of the person in the working area of the robot manipulator RM, which is _{related to a selected activity AKT k.}

In the first case, the second unit comprises sensors (in particular imaging sensors: e.g. camera sensor, video sensor, infrared sensor, ultrasonic sensor, laser scanner, etc.), and / or distance-measuring sensors (in particular ultrasonic sensors, capacitive sensors, laser sensors, etc.) by means of which a 3D position and 3D orientation of the body part KT to be analyzed is preferably possible . These sensors thus actively detect the current position of the body part KT. In this case, the first unit thus comprises a corresponding processor on which a corresponding evaluation program (app) runs.

In the second case, the unit preferably comprises a mechanical contact or guide device with which the person can position a part of the body KT to be examined on the mechanical contact or guide device with a predetermined position and orientation. This installation or guiding device is preferably made of an easily disinfectable material or, as a consumable material, it is manually or automatically exchanged and thus renewed _{before each corresponding examination activity AKT k.}

The contact or guide device can be designed, for example, in such a way that the person places their nose or mouth opening or one of their ear openings at the position and orientation specified by the design and positioning of the device. The position and orientation specified by the contact or guide device can preferably be individualized and can preferably be adjusted manually by the person or, if the first and second cases interact, automatically individualized (positioned) on the basis of the optical conditions of the person detected by sensors can.

The third unit determines the force winder KW (t) currently acting on the robot manipulator RM, ie forces and / or moments. The third unit is advantageously connected to at least one force sensor or a contact detection device _{on the robot manipulator or on the effector EFF n.} The third unit thus determines during an interaction between the robot manipulator RM or the effector EFF _n currently located distally thereon and the person during the execution of an activity AKT _k interaction forces and interaction moments. In order to exclude the possibility of _{injuries or unnecessary pain to the person when performing an ACT k} activity, any power winders that occur must be determined with a high level of sensitivity and reliability (robustness). For this purpose, the third unit comprises a corresponding processor on which a corresponding external program (app) runs. For each of the activities AKT _{k, the} fourth unit provides information and data on the target position L _KT, so _{LL, AKTk of} the respectively assigned body part KT in the working area of the robot manipulator RM, on the target movement of the robot manipulator RM as well as target interaction _{forces I NT SO} LL, AKTk (MOVE _S oLL, RM, AKTk) and target states of the effector Z _EFFn, so _LL (MOVE _S o _{LL, RM, AKTk} ) between the robot manipulator RM (101) and the Body part KT during the execution of the target movement and the associated permissible deviations: k, permitted,

ÄBEWEGsOLL, AKTk, allowed, DI NTsOLL, AKTk, allowed (BEWEGsOLL, RM, AKTk) And ready. The fourth unit advantageously comprises a corresponding data memory and a corresponding processor on which a corresponding software (app) runs.

The proposed device enables the medical condition of persons to be recorded without the need for medical personnel. The proposed device can be operated fully autonomously, partially autonomously or remotely. The proposed device is preferably mobile and can therefore easily be brought into medical crisis areas in particular.

An advantageous development of the proposed device is characterized in that the device has a first data interface via individual medical information IN FO _PE RS ON the examined person one or more information (not final) from the following list is provided:

Pre-existing illness,

- allergies,

Family illnesses,

- Current medication use Medical risk factors,

Diagnoses already made,

- Current diagnostic job.

Furthermore, the device in this development comprises an analysis unit which is designed and set up to _predetermine _{one or more activities AKT k} to be carried out one after the other, depending on the individual medical information INFO _PER s provided: AKT _k = AKT _k (INFO PERS). For this purpose, the first data interface advantageously comprises a card reader, with the individual medical information INFO _PERS on a chip card (for example health insurance card G2) are stored and the card reader is designed and set up to read out the chip card. The analysis unit also advantageously uses a neural network and a self-learning algorithm to determine AKT _k (INFO _PER s). This enables, in particular, more targeted diagnostic planning based on existing anamnesis information, and thus a corresponding selection of activities to be carried out AKT _k .

An advantageous development of the proposed device is characterized in that there is a second data interface via which the recorded medical parameters and / or image data can be transmitted to a computer in a data network. The second data interface is also advantageously designed to receive data or instructions from the computer or from a control unit, which are output on an optical and / or acoustic output unit of the device (and relate, for example, to instructions to the person) and / or to a controller of the robot manipulator RM from the computer or the control unit.

An advantageous development of the proposed device is characterized in that the robot manipulator RM is integrated into a lockable, advantageously air-conditioned room, which has a device for killing microbiological germs in the room and the objects located therein, this device after the detection of the medical condition has ended the person is automatically activated when the person has left the room, no other person is in the room and the room is locked. The room is advantageously so tight that microbiological germs cannot penetrate the room from the outside if the room is closed. The device advantageously comprises a UV light source and / or chemicals that can be dispensed into the room and / or an ultrasound source. When the device is activated, the dosage of the application of chemicals or the intensity of the UV light source or the ultrasound source is set in such a way that the room is sufficiently sterile before the next person is examined.

An advantageous further development of the proposed device is characterized in that the device has an output unit for outputting optical and / or acoustic instructions to the person, the instructions depending on the determined current position (position / orientation) L _{KT, AKTk} (t) of the person's body part KT associated with the selected activity AKT _{k can be determined and output.} The output unit is therefore used in particular for instructions and Informing the person during the determination of their medical condition.

An advantageous development of the proposed device is characterized in that the robot manipulator RM is arranged in a space separated from the person by means of a partition, the partition having an opening, and the control unit being designed and set up in such a way that the robot manipulator RM can take samples microbiological material of the person only leads a distal end of a respective swab or a respective swab or a respective smear spatula or a respective biopsy needle through the opening in the body part to be examined KT of the person.

This space is also advantageously so tight that microbiological germs cannot penetrate the space from the outside if the space is closed. The room advantageously comprises a device with a UV light source and / or chemicals that can be discharged into the room and / or an ultrasound source. When the device is activated, the dosage of the application of chemicals or the intensity of the UV light source or the ultrasound source is set in such a way that the room remains sufficiently sterile.

On the side of the partition wall facing away from the room, the opening advantageously has a contact device for supported and / or guided contact of the body part to be examined. The opening is advantageously designed in such a way that predetermined movement restrictions of an inserted distal end of a respective swab or of a respective swab or of a respective smear spatula or of a respective biopsy needle are given. This creates an additional safety frame which, in particular, mechanically limits the range of motion of a distal end guided through the opening sufficiently well so that injuries to the examined body part can be excluded. The partition wall advantageously has a device for disinfecting the installation device.

Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method for detecting a medical status of a person, with at least one robot manipulator RM, which is _{designed and set up at its distal end for exchangeable reception and handling of a number N of different provided effectors EFF n} , with N> 1 and n = 1, 2, ..., N, where the effectors EFF _n each allow an activity AKT _k selected from the following list, with k = 1, 2, ..., K and K> 1:

Sampling of microbiological material from the person using the provided Swab sticks (AKT- _! ), Swabs (AKT ₂ ), swab _{spatulas (AKT 3} ), biopsy needles (AKT ₄ ),

Sampling of capillary blood from the person using provided capillaries (AKTs),

Recording of medical parameters of the person: blood pressure (AKT ₆ ), pulse (AKT 7), temperature (AKT ₇ ), electrical skin resistance (AKT ₈ ), electrical conductivity of the skin (AKT _g ), local electrical potential measurement on the skin surface (AKT ₁₀ ) , Oxygen saturation (AKTn) by pulse oximetry, auscultation by means of an acoustic sensor (AKT ₁₂ )

Acquisition of image data of the entire person (AKT ₁₃ ) or of selected areas of the person e.g. external auditory canal (AKT ₁₄ ), throat area (AKT ₁₅ ), specified skin areas (AKT ₁₆ ), joints (AKT _,? ), Eyes (AKT ₁₈ ) , Feet (ACT ₁₉ ), hands (ACT ₁₇ ), head (ACT ₁₈ ),

Neck (AKT ₁₉ ), abdomen (AKT ₂₀ ), back (AKT ₂₁ ).

The proposed method comprises the following steps. In one step, a current state Z _RM (t) of the robot manipulator RM and a current state Z _EFF n (t) of an effector EFF _n currently arranged at its distal end are determined. In a further step, a current position (position / orientation) UT, AKTk (t) of a body part KT of the person in the working area of the robot manipulator RM associated _{with a selected activity AKT k is determined and / or, in particular, mechanically specified in a customizable manner.} In a further step, a power winch KW (t) currently acting on the robot manipulator RM is determined. In a further step, a target position L _K T, SOLL, AKTk of the respectively assigned body part KT in the working area of the robot manipulator RM, a target movement of the robot manipulator RM BEWEGSOLL, RM, AKTk as well as target is specified for each of the activities AKT _k -Interaction forces INT _S o _{LL, AKTk} (BEWEGso _{LL, RM, AKTk} ) and target states of the effector Z _EFF n _, so _Li _ (BEWEGso _{LL, RM, AKTk} ) between the robot manipulator RM (101) and the body part KT, which during the execution of the target movement as well as the associated permissible deviations: AL «T, SOLL, AKTk, allowed, ABEWEGSOLL, AKTk, allowed,

ÄI NTsOLL, AKTk, allowed (BEWEGsOLL, RM, AKTk) and AZEFFÜ, SOLL, allowed (BEWEGsOLL, RM, AKTk) In a further step, if an activity AKT _{k is} specified, the robot manipulator RM is controlled depending on: Z _RM (t ), L _KT , AKTk (t), KW (t), L _KT , soLL, AKTk (t), BEWEGSOLL, AKTk, AL «T, SOLL, AKTk, allowed, ABEWEGsOLL, AKTk, allowed,

AI NTsOLL, AKTk, allowed (BEWEGsOLL, AKTk) and AZEFFn, SOLL, allowed (BEWEGsOLL, AKTn), WHERE As soon as a current movement of the determined _{from the current states Z RM (t)} Robot manipulator RM or a currently detected force winder KW (t) or a variable derived therefrom or a current state Z _EFF (t) of the effector EFF _n currently arranged on the robot manipulator RM exceeds a correspondingly specified and / or learned permissible deviation, the robot manipulator RM and the Effector EFF _n _{currently arranged thereon} can be controlled into a security state SZ _RM (AKT _n ), SZ EFFn (AKT _n ) which is dependent on the currently selected activity AKT _n. Furthermore, the robot manipulator RM (101) and the effector EFF _n (102) currently arranged thereon are controlled in such a way that image recordings and / or medical parameters and / or samples determined during the current execution of the activity AKT _{k for further evaluation on a respective one} Interface are provided.

An advantageous further development of the proposed method is characterized in that one or more individual medical information INFO _PE R _S ZU the person to be examined from the following list is provided via a first data interface:

Pre-existing illness,

Allergies,

Family illnesses,

Current medication use Medical risk factors,

Diagnoses already made,

_{Current diagnosis order, and one or more activities ACT k} to be carried out one after the other at the moment, depending on the individual medical information INFO _PER s provided, can be specified: ACT _k = ACT _k (INFO _PERS ).

An advantageous development of the proposed method is characterized in that the first data interface comprises a card reader, the individual medical information INFO _{PERS being stored} on a chip card (e.g. health insurance card G2) and the information INFO _{PERS being} read out and provided by the card reader.

An advantageous development of the proposed method is characterized in that a neural network and a self-learning algorithm are used to determine AKT _k (INFO _PERS ). An advantageous development of the proposed method is characterized in that the recorded medical parameters and / or image data are transmitted to a computer in a data network via a second data interface.

An advantageous further development of the proposed method is characterized in that the second data interface receives data from the computer which are output on an optical and / or acoustic output unit of the device and / or which enable the robot manipulator RM to be controlled from the computer.

An advantageous further development of the proposed method is characterized in that the robot manipulator RM is integrated into a lockable, air-conditioned room which has a device for killing microbiological germs in the room and the objects located therein, this device after the detection of the medical condition has ended the person is automatically activated when the person has left the room, no other person is in the room and the room is locked.

An advantageous development of the proposed method is characterized in that the device comprises a UV light source and / or chemicals that can be dispensed into the room and / or an ultrasound source.

An advantageous development of the proposed method is characterized in that there is an output unit for outputting optical and / or acoustic instructions to the person, the instructions depending on the determined current position (position / orientation) L _{KT, AKTk} (t) des body part KT of the person related to the selected activity AKT _{k can be determined and output.}

An advantageous development of the proposed method is characterized in that the robot manipulator RM is arranged in a space separated from the person by means of a partition, the partition having an opening, and the control unit controlling the robot manipulator RM in such a way that for sampling microbiological material the person only a distal end of a respective swab or a respective swab or a respective smear spatula or a respective biopsy needle is passed through the opening in the body part KT of the person to be examined. An advantageous further development of the proposed method is characterized in that the opening on the side of the partition wall facing away from the room has a contact device for supported and / or guided contact of the body part to be examined.

V An advantageous further development of the proposed method is characterized in that the system device is automatically disinfected by means of a disinfection device after each use.

With regard to advantages and advantageous developments of the proposed method, reference is made to the statements relating to the proposed device, these being to be transferred in a corresponding and analogous manner.

Further advantages, features and details emerge from the following description in which at least one exemplary embodiment is described in detail - possibly with reference to the drawing. Identical, similar and / or functionally identical parts are provided with the same reference symbols.

Show it:

1 shows a highly schematic structure of a proposed device, and

2 shows a highly schematic flow chart of a proposed method.

Fig. 1 shows a highly schematic structure of a proposed device for detecting a medical status of a person, comprising: at least one force- and / or impedance-controlled multi-axis robot manipulator RM 101, which at its distal end for exchangeable reception and handling of a number N different provided effectors EFF _n 102 is executed and set up, with N> 1 and n = 1, 2, ..., N, the effectors EFF _n _{102 each enabling an activity AKT k} selected from the following list, with k = 1, 2,. .., K and K> 1:

Sampling of the person's microbiological material using the swab sticks provided (AKT ^, swabs (AKT ₂ ), swab spatulas (AKT ₃ ), biopsy needles (AKT ₄ ),

Sampling of capillary blood from the person using provided capillaries (ACTs),

Recording of medical parameters of the person: blood pressure (AKT ₆ ), pulse (AKT ₇ ), temperature (AKT ₇ ), electrical skin resistance (AKT ₈ ), electrical conductivity of the skin (AKT _g ), local electrical potential measurement on the skin surface (AKT ₁₀ ) , Oxygen saturation (AKTn), auscultation using an acoustic sensor (AKT ₁₂ )

Acquisition of image data of the entire person (AKT ₁₃ ) or of selected areas of the person e.g. external auditory canal (AKT ₁₄ ), pharynx (AKT ₁₅ ), specified skin areas (AKT ₁₆ ), joints (AKT ₁₇ ), eyes (AKT ₁₈ ), Feet (AKT ₁₉ ), hands (AKT ₁₇ ), head (AKT ₁₈ ), neck (AKT ₁₉ ), abdomen (AKT ₂₀ ), back (AKT ₂₁ ), a first unit 103 for determining a current state Z _RM (t) of the robot manipulator RM 101 and a current state Z _EFF n (t) of an effector EFF _n 102 currently arranged at its distal end, a second unit 104 for determining and / or for the, in particular, customizable, mechanical specification of a current position L _{KT, AKTk} (t ) of a body part KT of the person in the work area of the robot manipulator RM 101, which is related to a selected activity AKT _{k, a third unit 105 for determining a current activity on the robot manipulator RM}

101 acting power winch KW (t), a fourth unit 106, which for each of the activities AKT _k a target position L _K T, SOLL, AKTk of the respectively assigned body part KT in the working area of the robot manipulator RM, a target movement of the robot manipulator RM MOVE , RM, AKTk as well as target interaction forces INT _S o _{LL, AKTk} (BEWEGso _{LL, RM, AKTk} ) and target states of the effector Z _EFF n _, so _Li _ (BEWEGso _{LL, RM, AKTk} ) between the robot manipulator RM 101 and the body part KT during the execution of the target movement and the associated permissible deviations: ÄL «T, SOLL, AKTk, allowed, ÄBEWEGsoLL, AKTk, allowed,

ÄI NTsOLL, AKTk, allowed (BEWEGsOLL, RM, AKTk) and ÄZEFFÜ, SOLL, allowed (BEWEGsOLL, RM, AKTk) specifies, and a control unit 107, which is designed and set up for this purpose, the robot manipulator RM 101 when an activity AKT _{k is specified} depending on: Z _RM (t), AEZ _EFF _n, so _{LL, e} ri _dusted (BEWEGso _{LL, AKT} n) to be controlled, wherein when one of the current states Z _RM determined current motion (t) of the robot manipulator RM 101 or a currently detected force Winder KW (t) or The variable derived therefrom or a current state ZEFFW of the effector EFF _{n currently arranged on the robot manipulator RM 101}

102 a correspondingly specified and / or learned permissible deviation exceeds, the robot manipulator RM 101 and the currently arranged effector EFF _n 102 are controlled in a security state SZ _RM (AKT _n ), SZ _E FFn (AKT _n ) dependent on the currently selected activity AKT _n , and furthermore the robot manipulator RM 101 and _{to control the effector EFF n} 102 currently arranged thereon in such a way that image recordings and / or medical parameters and / or samples determined during the current execution of the activity AKT _{k are provided for further evaluation at a respective interface.}

Fig. 2 shows a highly schematic flow chart of a proposed method for detecting a medical status of a person, with at least one force- and / or impedance-controlled multi-axis robot manipulator RM 101, which at its distal end for exchangeable reception and handling of a number N different provided effectors EFF _n 102 is implemented and set up, with N> 1 and n = 1,

2, ..., N, where the effectors EFF _n _{102 each enable an activity AKT k} selected from the following list, with k = 1, 2, ..., K and K> 1:

Sampling of capillary blood from the person using provided capillaries (AKTs),

Recording of medical parameters of the person: blood pressure (AKT ₆ ), pulse (AKT ₇ ), temperature (AKT ₇ ), electrical skin resistance (AKT ₈ ), electrical conductivity of the skin (AKT _g ), local electrical potential measurement on the skin surface (AKT10), Oxygen saturation (AKTn) by pulse oximetry, auscultation by means of an acoustic sensor (AKTI ₂ )

Acquisition of image data of the entire person (AKTI ₃ ) or of selected areas of the person, e.g. external auditory canal (AKT14), pharynx (AKTI ₅ ), specified skin areas (AKTI ₆ ), joints (AKTI ₇ ), eyes (AKTI ₈ ), feet (AKT »,), hands (AKTI ₇ ), head (AKTn,), neck (AKT ₁₉ ), abdomen (AKT ₂₀ ), back (AKT ₂ I), with the following steps:

Determining 201 a current state Z _RM (t) of the robot manipulator RM 101 and a current state Z _EFFn (t) of an effector EFF _n 102 currently arranged at its distal end, determining 202 and / or in particular individually mechanically specifying a current position L _{KT, AKTk} (t) of a body part KT of the person in the working area of the robot manipulator RM 101 that is related to a selected activity AKT _{k, determining 203 a currently acting on the robot manipulator RM 101} Kraftwinders KW (t), for each of the activities AKT _k presetting 204 a target position U nso _LL A _{KTk of} the respectively assigned body part KT in the working area of the robot manipulator RM, a target movement of the robot manipulator RM BEWEGSOLL, RM, AKTK as well as target Interaction _{forces INT S} oLL, AKTk (BEWEG _S oLL, RM, AKTk) and target states of the effector Z _EFF n _, so _LL (BEWEG _S o _{LL, RM, AKTk} ) between the robot manipulator RM 101 and the body part KT that occur during execution the target movement occur and the associated permissible deviations: ALKT.SOLLAKTK, allowed, ABEWEGSOLLAKTK, allowed, ÄI NTsOLL, AKTk, allowed (BEWEGsOLL, RM, AKTk) and AZ _EE Fn, SOLL, allowed (BEWEGsOLL, RM, AKTk), and Control 205 of the robot manipulator RM 101 when an activity AKT _{k is} specified depending on: ZRM (t), UT, AKTk (t), KW (t), LKT, SOLL, AKTk (t), BEWEGsOLL, AKTk, AL «T, SOLL , AKTk, allowed, ABEWEGSOLL, AKTk, allowed, AI NTsOLL, AKTk, allowed (BEWEGsOLL, AKTk) And

AZ _E FFn, soLL, allowed (MOVE _S oLL, AKTn), whereby as soon as a _{current movement of the robot manipulator RM 101 determined from the current states Z RM} (t) or a currently detected force winder KW (t) or a variable derived therefrom or a Current state Z _EFF _{(t) of the effector EFF n} 102 currently arranged on the robot manipulator RM 101 exceeds a correspondingly predetermined and / or learned permissible deviation, the robot manipulator RM 101 and the effector EFF _n 102 currently arranged thereon in one of the currently selected activity ACT _n dependent security state SZ _RM (AKT _n ), SZ _EF Fn (AKT _n ) are controlled, and furthermore the robot manipulator RM 101 and the effector EFF _n 102 currently arranged thereon are controlled in such a way that AKT _{k was} determined during the current execution of the activity Image recordings and / or medical parameters and / or samples are provided for further evaluation at a respective interface.

Although the invention has been illustrated and explained in more detail by preferred exemplary embodiments, the invention is not restricted by the disclosed examples and other variations can be derived therefrom by the person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of protection of the invention. It is therefore clear that there is a multitude of possible variations. It is also clear that embodiments cited by way of example really only represent examples that are not to be interpreted in any way as a limitation, for example, of the scope of protection, the possible applications or the configuration of the invention. Rather, the preceding description and the description of the figures enable the person skilled in the art to implement the exemplary embodiments in concrete terms, whereby the person skilled in the art, with knowledge of the disclosed inventive concept, can make various changes, for example with regard to the function or the arrangement of individual elements mentioned in an exemplary embodiment, without the To leave the protected area by the claims and their legal equivalents, such as a further explanation in the description, is defined.

List of reference symbols

101 RM robotic manipulator

102 effectors EFF _n

103 first unit

104 second unit

105 third unit

106 fourth unit

107 control unit

108 first data interface

109 analysis unit

110 second data interface

201 204 procedural steps

Claims

A device for detecting a medical status of a person, comprising:

- At least one robot manipulator RM (101), which is designed and set up at its distal end for the exchangeable reception and handling of a number N different provided effectors EFF _n (102), with N> 1 and n = 1, 2, ..., N, the effectors EFF _n _{(102) each enabling an activity AKT k} selected from the following list, with k = 1, 2, ..., K and K> 1: i. Sampling microbiological material of the person by means of provisioned swab (AKT ^, swab (AKT, smear Patel (Act _3), biopsy needles (AKT _4), ii. Sampling capillary blood of the person by means of provisioned capillaries (AKT _5), iii. Capturing medical parameter ₂₎ of the person: blood pressure (AKT ₆ ), pulse (AKT ₇ ), temperature (AKT ₇ ), electrical skin resistance (AKT ₈ ), electrical conductivity of the skin (AKT _g ), local electrical potential measurement on the skin surface (AKT ₁₀ ), oxygen saturation ( AKTn), auscultation by means of an acoustic sensor (AKT ₁₂ ) iv. Acquisition of image data of the entire person (AKT ₁₃ ) or of selected areas of the person e.g. external auditory canal (AKT ₁₄ ), pharynx (AKT ₁₅ ), predetermined skin areas (AKT ₁₆ ) , Joints (ACT ₁₇ ), eyes (ACT ₁₈ ), feet (ACT ₁₉ ),

Hands (AKT ₁₇ ), head (AKT ₁₈ ), neck (AKT ₁₉ ), abdomen (AKT ₂₀ ), back (AKT ₂₁ ),

- A first unit (103) for determining a current state Z _RM (t) of the

Robot manipulator RM (101) and a current state Z _E FFn (t) of an effector EFF _n (102) currently arranged at its distal end,

- A second unit (104) for determining and / or for the, in particular, customizable, mechanical specification of a current position L _{KT, AKTk} (t) of a body part KT of the person in the working area of the robot manipulator RM (101) that is related to a selected activity AKT _k ,

- A third unit (105) for determining a current on the robot manipulator

RM (101) acting power winder KW (t),

- A fourth unit (106) which has a target position _{for each of the activities AKT k} _T, so _{LL, AKTk of} the respectively assigned body part KT in the working area of the robot manipulator RM, a target movement of the robot manipulator RM BEWEGSOLL, RM, AKTk and target interaction forces INT _S o _{LL, AKTk} (BEWEGso _{LL, RM, AKTk} ) and target States of the effector Z _EFFn, so _Li _ (BEWEGso _{LL, RM, AKTk} ) between the robot manipulator RM (101) and the body part KT during the execution of the target movement and the associated permissible deviations: DI_ _KT, SOLL, _{AKTL, allowed} ,

DB EWEGsOLL, AKTk, allowed, D I N T SOLL, AKTk, allowed (B EWEGsOLL.RM, AKTk) and ÄZEFFÜ, SOLL, allowed (B E WEGsOLL, RM.AKTk) specifies, and

- A control unit (107) which is designed and set up to the

Robot manipulator RM (101) when specifying an activity AKT _k depending on:

ZRM (t), l-KT, AKTk (t), KW (t), l-KT, SOLL, AKTk (t), BEWEGsOLL, AKTk, Dίkt, SOLL, AKTk, allowed, ABEWEGSOLL, AKTk, allowed, DI NTsOLL , AKTk, allowed (BEWEGsOLL, AKTk) and AEZ _e FFn, SOLL, eriaubt (bE WEGSOLL, AKT _P) to be controlled, wherein when one of the current states Z _RM (t) calculated actual motion of the robot manipulator RM (101) or a The currently detected force winder KW (t) or a variable derived therefrom or a current state Z _EFF _{W of the effector EFF n} (102) currently arranged on the robot manipulator RM (101) exceeds a correspondingly specified and / or learned permissible deviation, the robot manipulator RM (101 ) as well as the currently arranged effector EFF _n (102) in a security state SZ _RM (AKT _n ), SZ _E FFn (AKT _n _{) dependent on the currently selected activity AKT n} , and also the robot manipulator RM (101) and the to control respectively currently arranged effector EFF _n (102) in such a way that during the current execution tion of the activity AKT _k determined image recordings and / or medical parameters and / or samples can be provided for a further evaluation at a respective interface.

2. Device according to claim 1, in which the device has: a first data interface (108) via which individual medical information INFO _PER s on the person to be examined is provided with one or more pieces of information from the following list:

Pre-existing illness,

- allergies,

Family illnesses,

- Current medication intake Medical risk factors,

Diagnoses already made,

- Current diagnosis order and an analysis unit (109) which is designed and set up to _{specify one or more current activities ACT k} to be carried out one after the other depending on the individual medical information I NFO _PE RS provided: AKT _k = AKT _k (INFO _PERS ) .

3. Device according to claim 2, in which the first data interface (108) comprises a card reader, the individual medical information INFO _{PERS being stored} on a chip card (e.g. health insurance card G2) and the card reader being designed and set up to read the chip card.

4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, in which a second data interface (110) is present, via which the recorded medical parameters and / or image data can be transmitted to a computer in a data network.

5. The device according to claim 4, in which the second data interface (110) is designed to receive data from the computer or a control unit which are output to an optical and / or acoustic output unit of the device and / or which control the robot manipulator RM (101) from the computer.

6. Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the robot manipulator RM (101) is integrated into a lockable, air-conditioned room which has a device for killing microbiological germs in the room and the objects located therein, this device after completion of the Detection of the medical condition of the person is automatically activated when the person has left the room, no other person is in the room and the room is locked.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the device comprises a UV light source and / or chemicals which can be applied into the room and / or an ultrasound source.

8. Device according to one of claims 1 to 7, in which the robot manipulator RM (101) is arranged in a room separated from the person by means of a partition wall, the partition wall having an opening, and the control unit (107) being designed and set up in such a way that the robot manipulator RM (101) is used for sampling microbiological material of the person only leads a distal end of a respective swab or a respective swab or a respective smear spatula or a respective biopsy needle through the opening in the body part to be examined KT of the person.

9. Device according to one of claims 8, in which the opening on the side of the partition wall facing away from the room has a contact device for supported and / or guided contact of the body part to be examined.

10. A method for detecting a medical status of a person, with at least one robotic manipulator RM (101), which is _{designed and set up at its distal end for exchangeably receiving and handling a number N different provided effectors EFF n} (102), with N> 1 and n = 1, 2, ..., N, where the effectors EFF _n (102) each allow an activity AKT _k selected from the following list, with k = 1, 2, ..., K and K> 1:

Sampling of capillary blood from the person using provided capillaries (AKTs),

Recording of medical parameters of the person: blood pressure (AKT ₆ ), pulse (AKT ₇ ), temperature (AKT ₇ ), electrical skin resistance (AKT ₈ ), electrical conductivity of the skin (AKT _g ), local electrical potential measurement on the skin surface (AKT ₁₀ ) , Oxygen saturation (AKTn) by pulse oximetry, auscultation by means of an acoustic sensor (AKT ₁₂ )

Acquisition of image data of the entire person (AKT ₁₃ ) or of selected areas of the person e.g. external auditory canal (AKT ₁₄ ), pharynx (AKT ₁₅ ), specified skin areas (AKT ₁₆ ), joints (AKT ₁₇ ), eyes (AKTis), feet (AKT ₁₉ ), hands (AKT ₁₇ ), head (AKT ₁₈ ), neck (AKT ₁₉ ), abdomen (AKT ₂₀ ), back (AKT ₂₁ ), with the following steps:

Determining (201) a current state Z _RM (t) of the robot manipulator RM (101) and a current state Z _E FFn (t) one at its distal end currently arranged effector EFF _n (102),

Determining (202) and / or in particular individually mechanically specifying a current position L _{KT, AKTk} (t) of a body part KT of the person in the working area of the robot manipulator RM (101) that is related to a selected activity AKT _k,

Determination (203) of a power winder KW (t) currently acting on the robot manipulator RM (101), for each of the activities AKT _k presetting (204) a target position L _K T, SOLL, AKTk of the respectively assigned body part KT in the working area of the robot manipulator RM, a target movement of the robot manipulator RM BEWEGSOLL, RM, AKTk and target interaction forces INT _S o _{LL, AKTk} (BEWEGso _{LL, RM, AKTk} ) and target states of the effector Z _EFFn, so _Li _ (BEWEGso _{LL, RM , AKTk} ) between the robot manipulator RM (101) and the body part KT, which occur during the execution of the target movement, as well as the associated permissible deviations: ÄL _K T, SOLL, AKTk _, permitted, and

Controlling (205) the robot manipulator RM (101) when specifying an activity AKT _k depending on: ZRM (t), UT, AKTk (t), KW (t), LKT, soLL, AKTk (t), BEWEGSOLL, AKTk,

Dίkt, SOLL, AKTk, allowed, D BE WEGsOLL, AKTk, allowed, DI NTsOLL, AKTk, allowed (BEWEGsOLL, AKTk) and ÄZ _{EFFn, SOLL,} allowed (BE WEGSOLL _{, A} kt _h ), whereby as soon as one from the current Current movement of the robot manipulator RM (101) determined by states Z _RM (t) or a currently detected force winder KW (t) or a variable derived therefrom or a current state Z _EFF _{W of the effector EFF n} (102) currently arranged on the robot manipulator RM (101) ) exceeds a correspondingly specified and / or learned permissible deviation, the robot manipulator RM (101) and the currently arranged effector EFF _n (102) in a security state SZ _RM (AKT _n ), SZ _E FFn _{dependent on the currently selected activity AKT n} (AKT _n ) are controlled, and furthermore the robot manipulator RM (101) and the respectively currently arranged effector EFF _n (102) are controlled in such a way that image recordings and / or medical _{scans determined during the current execution of the activity AKT k} he parameters and / or samples are provided for further evaluation at a respective interface.