Radiotherapy facility lifting apparatus
AssigneeElekta AB (publ)
InventorSujitkumar Hemanthkumar
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Abstract
A lifting apparatus for a facility combining magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and radiotherapy apparatus inside a purpose-built structure having a fixed wall, the lifting apparatus comprising a wall-mounted articulating jib crane which is selectively moveable between a stowed state and a free state in which it is operable as a crane, in which substantially all of the load-bearing parts of the crane are made of non-ferromagnetic metal, and in which guides are mounted to the wall to receive and to releasably hold the crane in a fixed position relative to the wall when the crane is in the stowed state.
Claims11
A lifting apparatus configured for use in a facility combining a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and a radiotherapy apparatus within a facility structure having a first wall, the lifting apparatus comprising:
- an articulating crane which is selectively moveable between a stowed state and a free state, wherein a loadbearing part of the crane is made of non-ferromagnetic metal material and wherein the crane is mountable to the first wall;
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- a plurality of guides mountable to the first wall to receive and to releasably hold the crane in a fixed position relative to the first wall when the crane is in the stowed state;
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- a chain hoist connected to an end of a jib of the crane which, when the crane is in the free state, is distant from the first wall, the chain hoist comprising a pulley system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.