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Medical imaging apparatus illuminated to reduce patient anxiety

US7702375B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Christoph Böninger · Munich, DE
Peter H. Distler · Overland Park, US
Gerhard Helmreich · Effeltrich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 14, 2004
Grant date	Apr 20, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 18, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/3854
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical imaging examination apparatus has a front wall with an opening to a cylindrical examination area into which a patient to be examined can be moved, and has an illumination arrangement for the illumination of the front wall over a large surface. The illumination of the front wall reduces feelings of fear on the part of a patient, and thus simplifies conducting examinations using the examination apparatus.

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