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Patient support apparatus for a medical imaging apparatus and a medical imaging apparatus having the patient support apparatus

US9316708B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Ludwig Eberler · Dresden, DE
Razvan Lazar · Erlangen, DE
Volker Matschl · Bamberg, DE
Jürgen Nistler · Erlangen, DE
Wolfgang Renz · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 3, 2012
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 3, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/543
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A patient support apparatus for a medical imaging apparatus, such as a magnetic resonance apparatus, is proposed. The patient support apparatus has a couch, a lifting unit for vertical movement of the couch, a travel unit, and at least one sensor unit to detect at least one weight variable for determining the weight of a patient. The at least one sensor unit has at least one sensor element, which is disposed on the lifting unit and/or on the travel unit.

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