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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:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Henrik Krogmann, Erlangen, DE;
Rainer Kuth, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Gerald Lenz, Neunkirchen am Brand, DE;
Herbert Weiler, Alling, DE;
Hartmut Nagel, Rudolstadt-Pflanzwirbach, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ; G01R 3/320 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ; G01R 3/320 ;
Abstract
An expanded diagnostic NMR installation with operating functionality contains an NMR imaging apparatus with a patient bed for transporting a patient into an imaging volume of the NMR imaging apparatus. An operating column for receiving the patient bed is arranged next to the NMR imaging apparatus at a fixed distance therefrom along the longitudinal direction of motion of the patient bed. The operating column contains a swinging mechanism for rotating or pivoting the patient bed around a vertical axis.