Patient bed for use with magnetic resonance imaging apparatus

US6246239A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Henrik Krogmann · Erlangen, DE
• Rainer Kuth · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
• Gerald Lenz · Fairview Avenue, DE
• Herbert Weiler · Gilching, DE
• Hartmut Nagel · Wettingen, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 19, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2001
• Expiry date: Aug 19, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B5/055
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An expanded diagnostic NMR installation with operating functionality contains an NMR imaging apparatus with a patient bed for transporting a patient into an imaging volume of the NMR imaging apparatus. An operating column for receiving the patient bed is arranged next to the NMR imaging apparatus at a fixed distance therefrom along the longitudinal direction of motion of the patient bed. The operating column contains a swinging mechanism for rotating or pivoting the patient bed around a vertical axis.