Displacement for an X-ray C-arm

US7810995B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Franz Fadler · Hetzles, DE
• Norbert Herrmann · Ebnath, DE
• Manfred Sechser · Waldershof, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 2009
• Grant date: Oct 12, 2010
• Expiry date: May 27, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/18992
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present embodiments relate to a displacement apparatus for a C-arm arranged on a trolley. The displacement apparatus includes at least a first and at least a second guide element arranged in a plane, whereby the first and second guide elements are arranged at right angles to one another, a first displacement device which can be moved along the first guide element, and a second displacement device, which can be moved along the second guide element. A linking device connects the first and second displacement device in such a way that any movement of the first displacement device will result in the second displacement device being moved along the second guide element. This avoids the possibility of any jamming which may arise as a consequence of the leverage forces generated when a C-arm is moved.