Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

Josef Rupprecht

Klaus Hruschka

Thomas Dippl

Norbert Herrmann

Michael Kleber

Manfred Sechser

Peter Rauh

Jochen Miguel Löseken

Philip Materne

Mario Ring

Michael Ott

Thomas Knöfel

Reinhold Hartwich

Christian Gerber

Judith JÄNSCH

Ruth Deselaers

An arrangement for an X-ray image system with a grid frame arranged to enable the grid frame to oscillate is provided. The arrangement includes a switch unit, with which an anti-scatter grid inserted into the grid frame may be detected. An X-ray emission is only triggered by the switch unit at a predeterminable activation time if an anti-scatter grid is inserted.

Arrangement and method for an X-ray image system with a grid frame arranged to enable the grid frame to oscillate

A mobile x-ray device that is operable to be moved for a change in position and is operable to be controlled and braked during movement is provided. A handle is arranged on the x-ray device, and the handle is operable to both control and brake the mobile x-ray device. The combination of control and braking in a handle results in improved manageability and allows for a more compact design.

Movement control for a mobile x-ray system

The present embodiments relate to a lifting unit for a patient support. The lifting unit includes a base plate, a motor drive, a lifting drive driven by the motor drive and received in the base plate. The lifting drive is adapted to carry out a lifting movement and a movement in the opposite direction. A triggering element is activated when the pressure exerted by the lifting drive on the base plate falls below a defined minimum value. The movement of the lifting drive is stopped in response to the activation of the triggering element. If the patient support collides with an obstacle during lifting, the pressure exerted by the lifting drive on the base plate is reduced. The reduced pressure is detected by the triggering element and the movement of the patient support is stopped.

Protection for a lifting unit

An X-ray detector drawer, into which an X-ray detector is insertable in two alternate orientations, has guide elements by which an inserted X-ray detector is fixedly positioned and oriented. The X-ray detector drawer has a securing device, by which an asymmetrical insertion of an X-ray detector with respect to either one of the two alternate orientations is hindered. The securing device includes a blocking element, whose position is altered as a function of the removal of the X-ray detector drawer. A receptacle for the X-ray detector drawer is configured to facilitate a removal the X-ray detector drawer from either of two opposite directions.

Drawer for X-ray detectors

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Erbendorf, Germany

Josef Rupprecht