Positioning cushion for a medical imaging examination, and medical imaging apparatus with a positioning cushion

US10111605B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

• Yvonne Candidus · Tuchenbach, DE
• Daniel Driemel · Oederan, DE
• Lukas Endner · Bayreuth, DE
• Hubertus Fischer · Bamberg, DE
• Wolfgang Kraus · Nürnberg, DE
• Thomas Kundner · Buckenhof, DE
• Martin Zigann · Baiersdorf, DE
• Stephan Zink · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 17, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 24, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/30
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A positioning cushion for patient undergoing an imaging procedure in a medical imaging apparatus, with a first positioning unit that has a foam material and a second positioning unit, wherein the second positioning unit has at least one fluid cushion able to be filled with a fluid.