Couch panel and patient couch for medical imaging methods

US10813603B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Franz Dirauf · Ebensfeld, DE
• Michael Grasruck · Erlangen, DE
• Alexander Kramer · Austin, US
• Riccardo Kunze · Erlangen, DE
• Otto Sembritzki · Wachenroth, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 14, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 27, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 30, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G2210/50
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A couch panel for a patient couch for a medical imaging method is disclosed. The couch panel is of single-shell design, beads are formed in the longitudinal direction of the couch panel, wherein the number and the shape of the beads are chosen such that the couch panel has a predefinable geometric moment of inertia. The two longitudinally extending edges of the couch panel are bent upward. This is advantageous because of the cost-effective production of a couch panel and, in the case of X-ray imaging, in the low radiation absorption. A patient couch having a couch panel of this kind is likewise disclosed.