Patent · US Active

Nuclear medicine tomography system comprising a detector carrier housing and a heat pump configured to cool air within the detector carrier housing

US11903749B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
68References
19Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateOct 18, 2018
Grant dateFeb 20, 2024
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 6, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D23/1932
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A nuclear medicine tomography system including: a detector carrier; a detector carrier housing including an inner space; a plurality of detector units, coupled to the detector carrier, each detector unit comprising: a detector camera; a cooling channel which guides air to the detector camera from the inner space; an exhaust channel which guides air from the detector camera to the inner space; a heat pump configured to cool air within the inner space.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.