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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2019
Trumpf Medizin Systeme Gmbh + Co. KG, Saalfeld, DE;
Jean-Bernard Duvert, Auray, FR;
Philippe Kaikenger, Pluvigner, FR;
Eric D. Agdeppa, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Guenter Loeffl, Saalfeld, DE;
Ibne Soreefan, West Chester, OH (US);
TRUMPF MEDIZIN SYSTEME GMBH + CO. KG, Saalfeld, DE;
Abstract
A magnetic suspension system for a medical device is provided. The magnetic suspension system comprises a support structure having an area provided with a ferromagnetic characteristic, and a carriage comprising a magnet exerting a magnetic attraction force between the carriage and the support structure. The carriage comprises a friction reducing device and a drive device configured to drive a motion of the carriage upon the support structure in an arbitrary predetermined direction, the drive device being separate from the friction reducing device.