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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventor:
Mathias Hoernig, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/502 (2013.01); A61B 6/025 (2013.01); A61B 6/0414 (2013.01); A61B 6/4417 (2013.01); A61B 8/0825 (2013.01); A61B 8/403 (2013.01); A61B 8/4416 (2013.01); A61B 8/4281 (2013.01);
Abstract
A compression unit for a combined x-ray and ultrasound examination device and an examination device. The handling of the combined x-ray and ultrasound examination device is simplified by providing a compression unit with a compression surface which is permeable to x-rays and ultrasound and which is, or can be, coupled to a support element of the examination device irrespective of the existence of a mechanical and/or electrical connection between the ultrasound unit and the examination device.