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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2018
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Stephan Zink, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
A local knee coil is provided for a patient table of a magnetic resonance imaging device. The local knee coil includes a connecting device, a feet support element, and a coil unit. The coil unit includes coil elements. The connecting device is configured for connecting to a socket in the patient table. The connecting device includes at least one interface unit for multiple channels corresponding to the coil elements. The connecting device includes at least one guiding element to fit the connecting device into the socket that is displaced from the knee position on the patient table and functions as a receptacle for the connecting device to form a positive connection and interconnect the interface units during the fit. The feet support element is configured for the feet of a patient whose knee extends through the coil unit in the knee position, that is positioned on the top of the connecting device.