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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2024
Siemens Healthineers Ag, Forchheim, DE;
Stephan Zink, Nuremberg, DE;
Rainer Kurth, Erlangen, DE;
Martin Schramm, Eckental, DE;
Christian Hetz, Bretzfeld, DE;
Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim, DE;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a magnetic resonance apparatus with a scanner unit; a patient accommodation region surrounded at least in part by the scanner unit, the scanner unit having an enclosure at least in part surrounding the patient accommodation region; and a patient positioning apparatus with a movable patient table. The patient table may be configured to be advanceable into the patient accommodation region, the magnetic resonance apparatus having at least two different guide rail units, the at least two different guide rail units having different guide heights for guiding the patient table within the patient accommodation region and the at least two different guide rail units being interchangeably positionable on the enclosure.