MR bridge support

US6433549B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC · US

Inventors

• David Dean · Hartland, US
• David Glenn Lee · Milwaukee, US
• Bruce D. Collick · Madison, US
• Richard Scott Hinks · Waukesha, US
• Michael J. Radziun · Waterford, US
• Scott T. Mansell · Waterford, US
• Donald Elroy Kosak · Menomonee Falls, US
• John Edward Lorbiecki · Richfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 13, 2002
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2021

Classification

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

Abstract

An apparatus for supporting a patient support bridge member in an MR system where a first end of the bridge is supported by an upright support member on a first side of an MR imaging bore and the bridge extends through the bore so that a second end of the bridge extends out a second side of the bore, the apparatus including a bracket mounted to an MR main magnet on the second side of the bore and extending upwardly to contact and support the bridge there above.