Motor for a MR elastography transducer

US11852704B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE
• CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE · FR
• Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) · FR
• KING'S COLLEGE LONDON · GB
• The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services · US
• UNIV PARIS XIII PARIS-NORD VILLETANEUSE · FR
• UNIVERSITÉ PARIS CITÉ · FR

Inventors

• Giacomo Annio · Mola di Bari, IT
• Verena Muller-Reinwald · Bayern, DE
• Ralph Sinkus · Hamburg, DE
• Omar Darwish · London, GB
• Wilfried Schnell · Forchheim, DE
• Tamara Elisabeth Falkner · Schwabach, DE
• Ahmed M. Gharib · Everett, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 17, 2022
• Grant date: Dec 26, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 17, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B5/704
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a motor for a magnetic resonance (MR) tomography room, to a patient table for the MR room, to a MR elastography device, and to a MR tomography device. A MR tomography device for a MR elastography imaging protocol is arranged within the MR tomography room, and includes a rotational drive for supplying rotational energy to power a MR elastography transducer usable during the MR elastography imaging protocol, and a support structure. The rotational drive comprises a terminal for connecting the MR elastography transducer to the rotational drive, and a bearing means configured such that the position of the terminal relative to the support structure is adaptable along a trajectory predetermined by the bearing means. The rotational drive is mounted to the support structure via the bearing means.