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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2012
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Ronald B. Sharpless, Cleveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); H05G 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); F16C 27/04 (2006.01); F16C 35/077 (2006.01); F16C 27/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 6/035 (2013.01); F16C 27/00 (2013.01); F16C 27/04 (2013.01); F16C 35/077 (2013.01); G01N 23/046 (2013.01); F16C 2316/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging system () includes a stationary gantry (), a rotating gantry () that rotates around an examination region about a z-axis, an annular support () that is statically affixed to the stationary gantry and that rotatably couples the rotating gantry to the stationary gantry, and a radial compliant ring () disposed between the annular support and the rotating gantry. In a variation, the imaging system also includes an axial compliant ring () disposed perpendicular to the radial compliant ring, statically affixed to the annular support and extending in part in a recess () of the rotating gantry.