Patent · US Expired

Medical X-ray examination device

US6789940B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by

5References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Michael Meyer · Eschborn, DE
Peter Soukal · Schwarzenbruck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 21, 2002
Grant date	Sep 14, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 24, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B6/4476
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A multi-functional X-ray examination has a base, a guide rail attached to the base and two trucks that are attached to the guide rail and are movable along the guide rail. An X-ray exposure system is movable in the longitudinal direction with the first truck, and a patient support mechanism is movable in the longitudinal direction with the second truck. The two trucks can be driven along the guide rail independently of one another.

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