Patent · US Expired

Medical apparatus support member for carrying a component

US5425068A · kind A · utility

9Cited by

5References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Willi Schaefer · Erlangen, DE
Michael Meyer · Eschborn, DE
Wolfgang Mittelstaedt · Neunkirchen, DE
Lothar Heinz

Key dates

Filing date	May 4, 1993
Grant date	Jun 13, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 4, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16C2316/10
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A support member for at least one piece of heavy medical equipment in a medical diagnostic station is made of fiber-reinforced plastic, and has a cross section which is longer in one direction than the other. The fiber-reinforced plastic serves as a shell surrounding a molding member, which may be lightweight plastic material, such that the fiber-reinforced plastic bears the loading on the member. The support member may be disposed for adjustable movement along its length by having metal guides received in the rollers of a carriage.

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