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US 10,708,551 B2Granted
Data transmission unit and imaging facility with a corresponding data transmission unit
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare GmbH
InventorAndreas Fackelmeier
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Abstract
A data transmission unit includes a transmit unit and a receive unit. The transmit unit and the receive unit are relatively movable with respect to another of the receive unit and the transmit unit. The data transmission unit further includes a coupler, the receive unit being configured to receive data from the transmit unit via the coupler even during a relative movement between transmit unit and receive unit. The coupler includes a first dielectric waveguide including a conductor body and a retaining structure.
Claims33
An apparatus, comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit data;
- and
- a receiver, the transmitter and the receiver being relatively movable with respect to another of the receiver and the transmitter;
- and
- a coupler, the receiver being configured to receive data from the transmitter via the coupler even during a relative movement between transmitter and receiver, the coupler including a dielectric waveguide including a conductor body portion and a retaining structure portion, the conductor body portion being configured to fit within a guide of a gantry support structure of an imaging facility and the retaining structure portion being configured to fit into a groove in the gantry support structure of the imaging facility.
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An imaging facility, comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit data, the transmitter being part of a rotatable gantry including a gantry support structure;
- and
- a receiver, the receiver being part of a fixed base, and the transmitter and the receiver being relatively movable with respect to another of the receiver and the transmitter;
- and
- a coupler, the receiver being configured to receive data from the transmitter via the coupler even during a relative movement between transmitter and receiver, the coupler including a dielectric waveguide including a conductor body portion and a retaining structure portion, at least the retaining structure portion of the dielectric waveguide being configured to fit into a groove in the gantry support structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.