Drawer for X-ray detectors

US7452129B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Dippl · Pressath, DE
• Klaus Hruschka · Erbendorf, DE
• Jochen Miguel Löseken · Bayreuth, DE
• Peter Rauh · Schnabelwaid, DE
• Josef Rupprecht · Erbendorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 24, 2004
• Grant date: Nov 18, 2008
• Expiry date: Nov 24, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B6/00
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An X-ray detector drawer, into which an X-ray detector is insertable in two alternate orientations, has guide elements by which an inserted X-ray detector is fixedly positioned and oriented. The X-ray detector drawer has a securing device, by which an asymmetrical insertion of an X-ray detector with respect to either one of the two alternate orientations is hindered. The securing device includes a blocking element, whose position is altered as a function of the removal of the X-ray detector drawer. A receptacle for the X-ray detector drawer is configured to facilitate a removal the X-ray detector drawer from either of two opposite directions.