Portable magnetic resonance surface coil unit with an access opening for manual gripping
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHeinz Hahn, Volker Matschl
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Abstract
A magnetic resonance surface coil unit has at least one magnetic resonance coil surrounded by a closed housing wherein the housing has at least one recessed grip, and the recessed grip is formed by an oblong access opening to the cavity arranged inside of the housing. The cavity extends behind the access opening to one side in the direction of a shorter dimension of the access opening, such that a region of the housing bordering the access opening forms a grip part of the recessed grip. The recessed grip can be arranged in a region surrounded by a magnetic resonance coil.
Claims15
A magnetic resonance surface coil unit comprising:
- a magnetic resonance resonator coil;
- a completely closed housing surrounding said coil;
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- a recessed grip in said housing formed by an access opening in a surface of said housing communicating with a cavity disposed in an interior of said housing, said access opening having an oblong shape with a first dimension and a second dimension that is shorter than said first dimension, said first and second dimensions conforming in size tom and not substantially exceeding a size of, an adult human hand, and said cavity extending in said housing to at least one side of said access opening in a direction of said second dimension, forming a gripper part in a region of said housing next to said access opening, structurally integrated with said closed housing to allow manual lifting of said closed housing using said gripper part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.