Patent · US Expired

Cooling device and computed tomography apparatus employing same

US6709156B1 · kind B1 · utility

16Cited by

9References

12Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Erich Hell · Erlangen, DE
Detlef Mattern · Erlangen, DE
Peter Schardt · Simmerath, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 18, 2000
Grant date	Mar 23, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 23, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05H1/02
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cooling device for an X-ray source arranged at a gantry rotatable around a rotational axis has a ring-like heat exchanger that is arranged at the gantry and is thermally conductively connected to the X-ray source. The cooling device is useable in a computed tomography apparatus having the X-ray source.

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