US 11,786,181 B2
Magnetic resonance apparatus with a patient positioning apparatus
Stephan Zink, Bayern (DE); and Rainer Kurth, Erlangen (DE)
Assigned to Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE)
Filed by Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/554,228.
Claims priority of application No. 20215732 (EP), filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192603 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/704 (2013.01) [A61B 5/055 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magnetic resonance apparatus, comprising:
a scanner unit;
a patient receiving region partially surrounded by the scanner unit; and
a patient positioning apparatus having a patient table that is movable within the patient receiving region,
wherein the patient positioning apparatus includes a vertical positioner configured to adjust a vertical position of the patient table within the patient receiving region, the vertical positioner providing different vertical positions for a positioning of the patient table within the patient receiving region,
wherein the vertical positioner comprises a vertical adjusting element that is arranged within the patient receiving region and is coupled to a housing that surrounds the patient receiving region, the vertical adjusting element comprising (i) a first side guide arranged at a first edge of the patient receiving region and comprising a first set of receiving regions configured to receive the patient table, and (in) a second side guide arranged at a second edge of the patient receiving region and comprising a second set of receiving regions configured to receive the patient table, and
wherein the first edge and the second edge are disposed at opposite sides of the patient receiving region.