Ge Precision Healthcare LLC

General Electric Company

Intermountain Intellectual Asset Management, LLC

Jason Lee Philps

Regis Gerard Personnelli

Kanjimpuredathil Muralikrishna Menon

Edward Emaci

Shankar Murthy Udupa

Rajeev Sahu

Pei Hsuon Chan

Aleksey Zemskov

Mark Giancola

Limin Feng

Jiaqi Li

Paul Jason Krueger

Robert John Amerling

Andrew John Moulton

Mark David Schmieding

Gregory Gerald Pieper

Kristen Frederick

Ghazi Mustafa

Michael Oveson

Eric Jeffrey Lubar

Various methods and systems are provided for patient transfer using a patient table with lockable casters. In one example, a method includes adjusting locking of the lockable casters sequentially in response to an indication of reversing of the patient table. The sequential caster locking may be based on acceleration, velocity changes, or user interface forces. In another example, the system may include sensors to detect operator input and a controller to adjust caster locking accordingly.

Methods and systems for patient transfer

Table

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes an MRI scanner having a bore. The MRI system also includes a table including a cradle and a posterior radio frequency (RF) receiving coil array assembly integrated on a top surface of the cradle, wherein the table is configured to move a subject to be imaged disposed on the RF receiving coil array assembly into and out of the bore of the MRI scanner, and wherein the posterior RF receiving coil array assembly comprises a plurality of sections, each section of the plurality of sections includes an RF coil including a plurality of loops, and at least one section of the plurality of sections is configured to be manipulated into a bent position and to remain in the bent position without extraneous support.

Full body posterior coil for a magnetic resonance imaging system

Various methods and systems are provided for radio frequency coil units for magnetic resonance imaging. In one example, a radio frequency (RF) coil unit for magnetic resonance imaging (MM) includes an outer layer forming an exterior of the RF coil unit, a pressure reservoir enclosed by the outer layer, wherein the pressure reservoir forms a sealed chamber, and an array of RF coil elements enclosed by the outer layer, wherein the array of RF coil elements is disposed outside of the sealed chamber of the pressure reservoir.

Radio frequency coil unit with pressure reservoir for magnetic resonance imaging

A PET-MRI apparatus includes a patient support assembly having a cradle to accommodate a subject, a carriage assembly to attach to the cradle and cause the cradle to selectively travel, and a rear bridge to receive the cradle and carriage. The patient support assembly also includes a front bridge to receive the cradle and carriage assembly and provide for translation therealong, with the front bridge including a first section and a second section that is spaced apart from the first section to form a gap in the front bridge between the first section and the second section in an area adjacent a PET detector array of the PET-MRI apparatus. The front and rear bridges include an anti-tip rail assembly to interact with the cradle and the carriage assembly so as to prevent tipping thereof when traversing over the gap between the first and second sections of the front bridge.

Split bridge for PET-MR scanner

Methods and systems are provided for an armboard adjustment assembly for a patient support table. In one embodiment, an armboard adjustment assembly is configured to retain a rotational position of an armboard of a patient support table via a plurality of one-way clutches, and in another embodiment the armboard adjustment assembly is configured to retain the rotational position of the armboard via a pair of friction pads. In this way, the armboard may be moved into a continuous plurality of positions between a fully lowered position and a fully raised position.

Table armboard adjustment assembly

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Hartland, WI, United States of America

Jason Lee Philps