Patent · US Active

Patient bed with force generator to assist or effect movement of a device plug in a bed socket

US7986141B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by

8References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Peter Feld · Nuremberg, DE
Hubertus Fischer · Bamberg, DE
Wilfried Schnell · Forchheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 5, 2007
Grant date	Jul 26, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 29, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61G2210/50
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A patient bed, in particular for a magnetic resonance apparatus, has at least one socket for accommodation of a plug of a device (in particular a local coil) to be arranged at the patient bed. A generation of a force generator that automatically assists or effects the insertion or the unplugging of the plug is built into the socket or is associated with the socket.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.