Guide device and x-ray device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10779386-B2
Application number	US-201715467135-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2017
Priority date	Mar 23, 2016
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

A guide device for at least one line, such as an electric line of a C-arm, has a rotatable first cylinder with a first cylindrical surface and a static second cylinder, adjoining the first cylinder in the axial direction and having a second cylindrical surface. A first guide element for guiding the line on the first and/or the second cylindrical surface, is disposed coaxially with respect to the first and the second cylinder and it is movable relative to the first and the second cylinder. The line can be wound up on the first and/or the second cylindrical surface or can be unwound therefrom depending on the movement of the first cylinder.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A guide device for at least one line, the guide device comprising:
a rotatable first cylinder having a first cylindrical surface;
a static second cylinder, adjoining said rotatable first cylinder in an axial direction and having a second cylindrical surface;
a first guide element configured for guiding the line on said first cylindrical surface and/or on said second cylindrical surface, said first guide element being arranged coaxially with respect to said rotatable first cylinder and said static second cylinder and being movable relative to said rotatable first cylinder and said static second cylinder; and
a rotatable third cylinder having a third cylindrical surface, a static fourth cylinder having a fourth cylindrical surface, and second guide element, each disposed about an axis of rotation and coaxially with said rotatable first cylinder and said static second cylinder;
wherein said third and fourth cylinders and said second guide element are configured to enable at least one further line to be wound up on, and to be unwound from, said third cylindrical surface of said third cylinder and/or said fourth cylindrical surface of said fourth cylinder;
wherein said rotatable first cylinder, said static second cylinder, and said first guide element are configured to enable the line to be wound up on said first cylindrical surface and/or said second cylindrical surface, or to be unwound therefrom, depending on a movement of said rotatable first cylinder; and
wherein said first guide element is rotatable about the axis of rotation and movable in the axial direction along the cylindrical surface of one or both of said rotatable first cylinder or static second cylinder.

2. The guide device according to claim 1 , wherein a winding direction of the line to be wound up onto, or to be unwound from, said first and/or second cylindrical surfaces and a winding direction of said at least one further line differ from one another.

3. The guide device according to claim 1 , wherein said first and second guide elements are rotatable about the axis of rotation and movable in the axial direction along the respective said cylindrical surface of said rotatable and/or static cylinder to which said first and second guide elements are assigned.

4. The guide device according to claim 1 , wherein said static second cylinder is formed with a deflection wall for deflecting the line from an interior space of said static cylinder static second cylinder onto said second cylindrical surface.

5. The guide device according to claim 1 , which comprises a casing element surrounding said static second cylinder and said rotatable cylinder and wherein said first guide element is disposed, at least in sections, coaxially and coupled to said rotatable first cylinder.

6. The guide device according to claim 1 , wherein said guide element is U-shaped or C-shaped.

7. The guide device according to claim 1 , wherein said guide device is coupled to a drive device that is configured to move said rotatable first cylinder.

8. An X-ray device, comprising a guide device according to claim 1 .

9. The guide device according to claim 5 , wherein said casing element has at least one deflection wall configured for deflecting the line from an interior of said casing element onto a casing surface of said casing element.

10. The guide device according to claim 5 , wherein said casing element has deflection walls configured for deflecting two lines in an opposed winding direction onto a casing surface of said casing element.

11. The guide device according to claim 9 , wherein said at least one deflection wall has a groove-shaped or trench-shaped portion on said casing surface.

12. The guide device according to claim 6 , wherein a winding direction of the line, which is assigned to the first guide element, in a region of said rotatable first cylinder and in a region of said static second cylinder differ, and/or wherein the winding direction of the line is reversed at a deflecting portion.

13. The guide device according to claim 7 , wherein said drive device is a hub motor disposed in an interior of said rotatable first cylinder or of a radially innermost said rotatable first cylinder.

14. The X-ray device according to claim 8 , wherein said guide device is configured for guiding an electric line of a mobile C-arm.

15. The X-ray device according to claim 8 , wherein a movement of said rotatable cylinder is coupled to a movement of the X-ray device.

16. The X-ray device according to claim 15 , wherein the movement of said rotatable cylinder is coupled to a movement of a detector and an X-ray emitter about an orbital axis.

Assignees

• Siemens Healthcare Gmbh

Inventors

• Limmer Andreas
• Pavel Zsolt
• Scherer Norbert
• Schirmer Friedrich

Classifications

• H02G11/02 Primary

  using take-up reel or drum · CPC title

• B65H2701/34

  electric cords or electric power cables · CPC title

• A61B6/4441

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

• B65H75/4449

  Arrangements or adaptations to avoid movable contacts or rotary couplings, e.g. by the use of an expansion chamber for a lenght of the cord or hose · CPC title

• H05G1/02 Primary

  Constructional details · CPC title