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US 12,392,514 B2Granted
Magnetic resonance system with air suction apparatus
AssigneeSiemens Healthineers AG
InventorStephan Biber
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Abstract
A magnetic resonance system has an air suction apparatus configured and arranged so as to suck air exhaled by a patient examined by the MR system. A method for operating the MR system is also provided, with which air exhaled by a patient examined by the MR system is sucked in.
Claims16
A magnetic resonance (MR) system comprising:
- an air suction apparatus configured to suck air exhaled by a patient being examined by the MR system;
- and
- a stationary MR device having a patient compartment,
- wherein air intake openings of the air suction apparatus are distributed across a length of the patient compartment and open into the patient compartment,
- wherein each air intake opening of the air intake openings comprises a shut-off valve that is individually selectively air-permeable and closeable as a function of a position of a head of the patient located in the patient compartment, and
- wherein intake air flow into the air suction apparatus from the patient compartment is configured to be adjusted via closing or opening respective shut-off valves of the air intake openings based on the position of the head of the patient.
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A magnetic resonance (MR) system comprising:
- an air suction apparatus configured to suck air exhaled by a patient being examined by the MR system;
- and
- a MR head coil having an anterior part and a posterior part,
- wherein an air intake opening of the air suction apparatus is arranged on the anterior part of the MR head coil,
- wherein at least one air intake channel having the air intake opening runs in sections through the posterior part and in sections through the anterior part, and
- wherein posterior sections and anterior sections of the at least one air intake channel are connected to one another in an air-permeable manner when the anterior part is attached.
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A method for operating a magnetic resonance (MR) system, the method comprising:
- providing a stationary MR device having a patient compartment, wherein air intake openings of an air suction apparatus of the MR system are distributed across a length of the patient compartment and open into the patient compartment, wherein each air intake opening of the air intake openings comprises a shut-off valve that is individually selectively air-permeable and closeable as a function of a position of a head of a patient located in the patient compartment;
- sucking in, by the air suction apparatus of the MR system, air exhaled by the patient being examined by the MR system;
- and
- adjusting intake air flow into the air suction apparatus from the patient compartment via closing or opening respective shut-off valves of the air intake openings based on the position of the head of the patient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.