Imaging medical examination apparatus having a bearing mechanism
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorMatthias Seufert
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Abstract
A bearing mechanism or support structure for an imaging medical examination apparatus, particularly a magnetic resonance apparatus or a computer tomography apparatus, has a bearing plate for the patient and an endless conveyor band or belt for transporting the bearing plate through an opening in the examination apparatus. The conveyor band can move through the opening that serves for the acceptance of the patient and is moved therethrough by means of two end rollers arranged on mutually opposite sides of the examination apparatus.
Claims10
An imaging medical examination apparatus having an opening for the acceptance of the examination subject, a support structure for introducing the examination subject into the opening, said support structure comprising a bearing plate for receiving the examination subject, end rollers disposed on opposite sides of the examination apparatus, an endless conveyor band extending through the opening and received on the end rollers, said bearing plate engaging said endless conveyor band and means for moving the band to move the bearing plate back and forth through the opening of the examination apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.