Imaging system stand
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsFranz Fadler, Paul Weidner
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Abstract
A stand, in particular a floor stand, having an arm for holding an object, in particular an imaging device in the form of an ultrasound transducer, said arm being mounted on a vertical column and movable vertically via a vertical guide, wherein a counterweight balancing the weight of the arm is provided on or in the vertical column, a device (24) being provided for moving the counterweight (21) counter to the weight force (FG) for at least partially overriding the counterbalance.
Claims11
A stand, in particular a floor stand, having an arm for holding an object, in particular an imaging device in the form of an ultrasound transducer, said arm being mounted on a vertical column and movable vertically via a vertical guide, wherein a counterweight balancing the weight of the arm is provided on or in the vertical column,
- characterized in that a device (24) is provided for varying the counterbalancing such that a resulting weight force (FR) acting in the direction of the weight force of the arm is produced.
The stand as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device (24), in particular the servomotor (25) and the solenoid operated clutch (29), can be controlled via at least one actuating element (30) located on the arm or on the object (13).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.