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Stand for imaging

US8424823B2 · kind B2 · utility

7Cited by

6References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Franz Fadler · Hetzles, DE
Paul Weidner · Pressath, DE
Satchi Panda · Greenfield, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 24, 2009
Grant date	Apr 23, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 4, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/32196
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A stand, especially a floor stand, with a movable arm with an attachment section provided at the end of the arm for an object to be held by means of the stand, especially an imaging device in the form of an ultrasound head, with the attachment section being supported movably on the arm via a ball-and-socket joint comprising a ball head carrying the attachment section and a head holder supporting the ball head on the arm side, with a locking device being provided for releasable locking of the ball head (32) in its adopted position in the head holder.

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