Device having a C-arm and X-ray imager

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10299747-B2
Application number	US-201715404280-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2017
Priority date	Jan 15, 2016
Publication date	May 28, 2019
Grant date	May 28, 2019

Abstract

The disclosure provides a device having a C-arm, the C-arm including a main body of which the cross-sectional profile is formed as a double H, an outer wall, an inner wall and two side walls of the main body forming a rectangular cavity. The device also includes running wires arranged on the main body and running rollers, on which the C-arm is movably mounted, rolling on the running wires. The running wires and the running rollers are arranged in such a way that at least 50 percent of the mounting forces acting on the running wires due to the running rollers is introduced into the side walls of the main body. The disclosure also provides an x-ray imager having such a device. The disclosure offers the advantage that undesired oscillations of the C-arm are avoided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device comprising:
a C-arm comprising a main body having a cross-sectional profile with a double H-shape, an outer wall, an inner wall, and two side walls of the main body providing a rectangular cavity;
running wires arranged on the main body of the C-arm;
running wire carriers, wherein the running wires are arranged in or on the running wire carriers; and
running rollers, on which the C-arm is movably mounted, configured to roll on the running wires,
wherein the outer wall and the inner wall are extended beyond the rectangular cavity and provide on each side of the main body two projecting legs, wherein each leg forms, with a respective side wall of the two side walls, an edge running in a longitudinal direction of the main body, and
wherein the running wire carriers are arranged along the edges formed by each leg and the side walls and are positioned such that at least 50 percent of mounting forces acting on the running wires due to the running rollers is introduced into the two side walls of the main body.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the running rollers are arranged such that axes of rotation of the running rollers rolling on the respective running wires on each side of the main body provide, in relation to one another, an axis angle greater than 20 degrees.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the axis angle is 45 degrees.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the running wire carriers are one piece with the main body.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein surfaces of the running wire carriers facing the running rollers form with a facing side wall of the main body an angle of inclination of 45 degrees.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the main body is aluminum and the running wires are steel.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the running wire carriers are one piece with the main body.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein surfaces of the running wire carriers facing the running rollers form with a facing side wall of the main body an angle of inclination of 45 degrees.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the main body is aluminum and the running wires are steel.

10. An x-ray imager comprising:
a C-arm comprising a main body having a cross-sectional profile with a double H-shape, an outer wall, an inner wall, and two side walls of the main body providing a rectangular cavity;
running wires arranged on the main body of the C-arm;
running wire carriers, wherein the running wires are arranged in or on the running wire carriers;
running rollers, on which the C-arm is movably mounted, configured to roll on the running wires;
an x-ray source arranged at a first end of the C-arm; and
an x-ray detector arranged at a second, opposite end of the C-arm,
wherein the outer wall and the inner wall extend beyond the rectangular cavity and forming on each side of the main body two projecting legs and each leg forming with a side wall of the two side walls an edge running in a longitudinal direction of the main body, and
wherein the running wire carriers are arranged along the edges formed by each leg and the side walls and are positioned such that at least 50 percent of mounting forces acting on the running wires due to the running rollers is introduced into the side walls of the main body.

11. The X-ray imager of claim 10 , wherein the running rollers are arranged such that axes of rotation of the running rollers rolling on the respective running wires on each side of the main body provide, in relation to one another, an axis angle greater than 20 degrees.

12. The X-ray imager of claim 11 , wherein the axis angle is 45 degrees.

13. The X-ray imager of claim 10 , wherein the running wire carriers are one piece with the main body.

14. The X-ray imager of claim 10 , wherein surfaces of the running wire carriers facing the running rollers form with a facing side wall of the main body an angle of inclination of 45 degrees.

15. The X-ray imager of claim 10 , wherein the main body is aluminum and the running wires are steel.

Assignees

• Baumann Berthold
• Gaertner Ralf
• Kleber Michael
• Kleber Thomas
• Kraemer Alexander
• Mulzer Harald
• Neuber Wolfgang
• Schirbl Matthias
• Zeidler Josef
• Siemens Healthcare Gmbh

Inventors

• Baumann Berthold
• Gärtner Ralf
• Kleber Michael
• Kleber Thomas
• Krämer Alexander
• Mulzer Harald
• Neuber Wolfgang
• Schirbl Matthias
• Zeidler Josef

Classifications

• A61B6/4441 Primary

  the rigid structure being a C-arm or U-arm · CPC title

• A61B6/4476

  related to motor-assisted motion of the source unit · CPC title

• A61B6/44

  Constructional features of apparatus for radiation diagnosis · CPC title

• A61B6/40

  Arrangements for generating radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis · CPC title

• A61B6/00 Primary

  Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment (instruments measuring radiation intensity for application in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting, G01T1/161) · CPC title