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US 11,759,155 B2Granted
Methods and systems for cooling of an imaging system
AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC
InventorsDavid Barker, Nathan Pack
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Abstract
Various systems and devices are provided for an X-ray system. In one example, a mobile X-ray system, comprises a moveable arm comprising an X-ray source arranged at a first end and an X-ray detector arranged at a second end. The mobile X-ray system further comprises a cooling arrangement arranged within a housing shared with the X-ray source, wherein passages of the cooling arrangement do not extend outside the housing.
Claims20
An X-ray system, comprising:
- a base unit configured to support and transport the mobile X-ray system;
- a moveable arm comprising an X-ray source arranged at a first end and an X-ray detector arranged at a second end, wherein the moveable arm comprises a clearance, wherein the clearance does not extend to the first end of the moveable arm;
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- a fluid-circulating cooling arrangement having a pump arranged within a housing shared with the X-ray source at the first end of the moveable arm;
- wherein the fluid-circulating cooling arrangement includes passages for circulating a fluid therethrough;
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- wherein the pump circulates the fluid through the passages and into an interior volume of the X-ray source.
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An X-ray device, comprising:
- a cooling arrangement comprising a pump fluidly coupled to a pump outlet passage and a pump inlet passage, a fan, and a plurality of radiator coils, wherein the pump inlet passage is arranged between the plurality of radiator coils and the fan;
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- an X-ray source arranged within a housing configured to house an entirety of the X-ray source and the cooling arrangement only at one end of a moveable C-arm, wherein an interface is arranged directly between the cooling arrangement and the X-ray source through which the pump circulates a liquid coolant into an interior volume of an X-ray tube of the X-ray source.
A mobile imaging system, comprising:
- a base unit for moving within a room and from room to room;
- a C-arm coupled to the base unit including an X-ray source at a first end and a detector at a second end opposite the first end, wherein the C-arm comprises an interior clearance separating an inner circumferential wall and an outer circumferential wall;
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- an opening arranged in the inner circumferential wall, shaped to receive the X-ray source and a cooling arrangement, wherein the opening does not extend to the first end of the C-arm, wherein the cooling arrangement is fluidly coupled to an interior volume of the X-ray source via a pump inlet passage, wherein a housing is configured to house each of the X-ray source and the cooling arrangement;
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- wherein the housing is arranged only at the first end, and wherein all components of the cooling arrangement and the X-ray source are contained within the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.