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Radar-equipped patient bed for a medical imaging apparatus, and operating method therefor

US8689377B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Thilo Hannemann · Erlangen, DE
Stefan Popescu · Erlangen, DE
Georg Wittmann · Herzogenaurach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 14, 2010
Grant date	Apr 8, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 22, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2562/143
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A patient bed for an imaging medical apparatus has a patient support plate that has at least one radar antenna to obtain physiological and/or geometric data from a patient the patient support plate. In a method for the operation of such a patient bed having at least one radar antenna in an imaging medical apparatus, the at least one radar antenna is operated to obtain data from the patient on the patient support plate.

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