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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:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2023
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Ziad Burbar, Knoxville, TN (US);
John Keller, Knoxville, TN (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A passive, uninterrupted cooling system continues to absorb waste heat generated with a diagnostic medical imaging system during a patient scan, in the event of a power failure incident or disruption of cooling water supply within an imaging facility. The passive, uninterrupted cooling system incorporates one or more phase change materials (PCMs) that maintain the cooling system temperature at material's melting temperature, while absorbing the imaging system's waste heat. This enables clinicians to complete an in-progress imaging scan of a patient within the scanning system's operational temperature specifications. In some embodiments, the PCMs absorb transient heat spikes generated during patient scans, in order to maintain a relatively consistent cooling system operational temperature. In some embodiments, the passive, uninterrupted cooling system is used to cool PET/CT, PET, or CT imaging systems.