Loading patent…
AssigneeHallmarq Veterinary Imaging Ltd.
InventorsNicholas Martin Bolas, Richard Hockley, Paul Michael Kurn
Estimating the term…
An installation for enabling the scanning of a leg (5) of a horse (8) with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device comprises a floor section (90) on which the horse (8) stands with the leg to be scanned. The floor section (90) is mounted above a support surface (10) for the MRI device and includes at least one floor member which is moveable to expose an opening for accommodating a magnetic scanning element (1) adjacent the leg. The floor section (90) may have three moveable floor members and either pair of adjacent floor members may be moveable to expose a pair of slots or openings for accommodating the magnetic scanning element (1) on opposite sides of the leg supported on the floor section (90) between the pair of openings.
An installation for enabling the scanning of a leg or other limb (4, 5) of an animal (8) with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device, comprising a floor section (90) on which the animal (8) stands with the limb (4, 5) to be scanned, characterized in that said floor section (90) is mountable above a support surface (10) for the MRI device and includes at least one floor member (41) moveable in order to expose an opening (50) for accommodating a magnetic scanning element (1) of the MRI device adjacent the limb to be scanned.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.