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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Elekta Ab (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventor:
Sujitkumar Hemanthkumar, West Sussex, GB;
Assignee:
Elekta AB (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 23/24 (2006.01); B66C 23/62 (2006.01); B66C 23/68 (2006.01); B66C 23/20 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G01R 33/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 23/24 (2013.01); B66C 23/208 (2013.01); B66C 23/62 (2013.01); B66C 23/68 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1055 (2013.01); G01R 33/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lifting apparatus for a facility combining magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and radiotherapy apparatus inside a purpose-built structure having a fixed wall, the lifting apparatus comprising a wall-mounted articulating jib crane which is selectively moveable between a stowed state and a free state in which it is operable as a crane, in which substantially all of the load-bearing parts of the crane are made of non-ferromagnetic metal, and in which guides are mounted to the wall to receive and to releasably hold the crane in a fixed position relative to the wall when the crane is in the stowed state.