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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. 10, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ulrich Baer, Neunkirchen, DE;
Martin Schmidt, Emskirchen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/04 ;
Abstract
A positioning arrangement has a positioning element formed of a closed-cell foam, preferably a positioning mat, the positioning element has a seating surface for an examination subject to be examined with computed tomography and has an underside provided with a recess into which a reference member can be introduced. The recess has a holder for the reference member that holds the reference member introduced into the recess with a positive fit in a defined position relative to the seating surface.