Medical examination or treatment device

US8514044B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Norbert Herrmann · Ebnath, DE
• Andreas Limmer · Seybothenreuth, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 19, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 20, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 19, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N5/1081
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical examination or treatment device including a C-arm that is guided movably along an arc path on a bracket via a mechanical guidance device is provided. Magnet elements are provided on the C-arm. Magnetic field generation elements on the bracket interact together to create a magnetic field that moves the C-arm along the arc path.