The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2019
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Johannes Oswald, Forchheim, DE;
Gregor Niewalda, Buckenhof, DE;
Michael Wiets, Langensendelbach, DE;
Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a patient positioning device () for an x-ray imaging apparatus (), comprising an x-ray-transparent patient positioning board () for positioning a patient () in a longitudinal direction (), and at least one carrier device () at least partially supporting the patient positioning board (). The patient positioning board () is subdivided into at least two partial boards (), wherein each partial board () is mounted on a carrier device () assigned to the partial board (). Each carrier device () has at least one pivot joint for pivoting the partial boards () about a transverse axis () which extents horizontally perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction ().