Shoulder coil having a flexible top part and/or a mounting-dependent element selection

US9958517B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Stephan Biber · Erlangen, DE
• Rainer Kurth · Erlangen, DE
• Stephan Zink · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 2012
• Grant date: May 1, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B5/4576
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A shoulder coil for a magnetic resonance imaging device includes a bottom part and one or more top part elements that may be moved relative to the bottom part. The one or more top elements each have at least one coil therein.