Since 2007, a team of seven professionals has been developing and supporting the motion control software for fixed C-arm angiography systems of the Siemens Healthineers Artis product family. The safety class B software is responsible for controlling all moving parts of the device – from table to C-arm, from simple movements to complex automatic movements including safety supervision. By its high degree of configurability, the component supports all system variants with one software version. The agile team, attended by a softgate scrum master, pulls, refines, implements and tests features in an international project setup. Using the agile SAFe® framework, the team is continuously working on improving quality and productivity in a highly regulated environment.
Project Overview
Project Content
• Feature development and long-term maintenance
• Position monitoring and adjustment
• Motion control – single axis control and combined movements
• Autonomous movements – pathfinding and navigation
• Collision detection and avoidance – digital model
• Safety monitoring – proximity switch, emergency stop, dead man‘s switch
Benefits for Siemens Healthineers
• Long-term cooperation – our profound knowledge in the technologies used and in the product philosophy.
• Consistent points of contact – guaranteed through extended periods of company and project affiliation, ensuring effective communication.
• Continuously improving the team – improves continuously the quality of the customer’s product and productivity of the development.
• Strong identification – We visit hospitals in the name of our costumer to see the system working under real conditions. Through the instructive encounter between end-user and developer, we generate targeted value for Siemens Healthineers and its customers.
• High Quality – the combination of in-depth project knowledge, many years of experience, continuous further development and our certified quality management makes us a company that lives up to the standard – made in Germany.
Customer feedback
„Since the beginning of our cooperation, the situation within the affected sub-system changed from “tensed” to “relaxed”. Release dates and quality targets are fulfilled to a high degree.”
Alfred Lehner,
Teamlead R&D-field-care, Siemens Healthineers.
