X-ray generating system having a phase change material store located in the coolant in an x-ray radiator housing

US6419389B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Manfred Fuchs · Nuremberg, DE
• Erich Hell · Erlangen, DE
• Wolfgang Kutschera · Herzogenaurach, DE
• Thomas Ohrndorf · Meckenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 22, 2000
• Grant date: Jul 16, 2002
• Expiry date: Sep 22, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/14
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An x-ray generating system has an x-ray source arranged in a coolant-filled housing, and a phase change store which contains a phase change material disposed in the coolant in the housing.