US 12,268,540 B2
Suspension device and x-ray imaging system
Yuqing Li, Beijing (CN); Shaobo Gu, Beijing (CN); Jianqiang Yang, Beijing (CN); and Chunyu Wang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/807,807.
Claims priority of application No. 202110896924.4 (CN), filed on Aug. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0038131 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/4464 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suspension device for use with an X-ray imaging system, the suspension device comprising:
a plurality of sleeves, cross-sections of the plurality of sleeves being of substantially the same shape but different sizes, and the plurality of sleeves being sequentially arranged; and
a guide rail assembly provided between at least one sleeve and another sleeve adjacent thereto, the guide rail assembly comprising:
a protruding shaft coupled to the at least one sleeve and extending along a surface of the at least one sleeve; and
at least one wheel provided on the another sleeve and engaging with the protruding shaft, the at least one wheel being capable of moving relative to the protruding shaft so as to drive the the at least one sleeve and the another sleeve to move relative to each other,
wherein the at least one wheel comprises a first rolling wheel and a second rolling wheel provided on two sides of the protruding shaft, and one of the first rolling wheel and the second rolling wheel is eccentrically adjustable.