US 12,440,177 B2
Computed tomography device and method for executing translation movements of gantry parts of a computed tomography device
Christoph Eichner, Erlangen (DE); Aurel Jensch, Eggolsheim (DE); and Viktor Löwen, Sankt Augustin (DE)
Assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG, Forchheim (DE)
Filed by Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/478,742.
Claims priority of application No. 22199104 (EP), filed on Sep. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0108295 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/035 (2013.01) [A61B 6/4405 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A computed tomography device comprising:
a gantry including a first gantry part, a second gantry part and a third gantry part,
the first gantry part including,
a rotor with a projection data acquisition system, the first gantry part being movably mounted via a first linear guide relative to the second gantry part such that a translation movement of the first gantry part relative to the second gantry part can be executed, and
a first connection unit,
the second gantry part including a second connection unit,
the third gantry part including,
a third connection unit configured to correspond to the first connection unit, such that via the first connection unit and the third connection unit a first connection is created, the first connection detachably fixing the third gantry part relative to the first gantry part, wherein the third gantry part follows the translation movement of the first gantry part relative to the second gantry part if the first connection is created, and
a fourth connection unit configured to correspond to the second connection unit, such that via the second connection unit and the fourth connection unit a second connection is created, the second connection detachably fixing the third gantry part relative to the second gantry part, wherein during the translation movement of the first gantry part relative to the second gantry part the third gantry part is at rest relative to the second gantry part if the first connection is released and the second connection is created.