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US 8,770,839 B2Granted
Diagnostic imaging apparatus with airflow cooling system
AssigneeMobius Imaging, LLC
InventorsEugene A. Gregerson, Russell Stanton, Michael Allen, Michael Connor, Scott Coppen
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Abstract
A diagnostic imaging system, which can be a mobile or stationary surgical CT imaging system or an MRI system, comprises an internal airflow cooling system that includes an air intake opening and an air outtake opening that are positioned near the ground and direct air flow away from the sterile surgical field.
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A mobile diagnostic imaging system, comprising:
- a mobile base;
- a gantry mounted above a surface of the base having an imaging bore and a housing defining an interior that contains imaging components;
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- an airflow cooling system that directs a flow of air through the interior of the housing of the gantry and includes an air intake opening and an air exhaust opening, wherein the air exhaust opening is positioned near the ground and directs the exhaust air from the imaging system below a surgical sterile field and a portion of the system including the gantry translates with respect to the base and at least one of the air intake opening and the air exhaust opening are located on the portion of the system that translates with respect to the base.
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A method for diagnostic imaging using a mobile imaging system, comprising:
- positioning an object within an imaging bore of a gantry of the mobile imaging system;
- obtaining imaging data from the object using imaging components contained within an interior housing of the gantry;
- directing a flow of air through the mobile imaging system to cool the imaging components, the air exiting the imaging system at one or more positions near to the ground and below a surgical sterile field;
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- translating a first portion of the imaging system comprising the gantry relative to a base of the imaging system, wherein the air enters and exits the imaging system at one or more positions on the first bortion of the system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.