US 11,852,704 B2
Motor for a MR elastography transducer
Giacomo Annio, Mola di Bari Ba (IT); Verena Muller-Reinwald, Bayern (DE); Ralph Sinkus, Parmain (FR); Omar Darwish, London (GB); Wilfried Schnell, Forchheim (DE); Tamara Elisabeth Falkner, Schwabach (DE); and Ahmed M. Gharib, Bethesda, MD (US)
Assigned to Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris (FR); Institut National de La Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), Paris (FR); King's College London, London (GB); Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD (US); UNIV PARIS XIII PARIS-NORD VILLETANEUSE, Villetaneuse (FR); and Universite de Paris, Paris (FR)
Filed by Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris (FR); Institut National de La Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), Paris (FR); King's College London, London (GB); Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD (US); UNIV PARIS XIII PARIS-NORD VILLETANEUSE, Villetaneuse (FR); and Universite de Paris, Paris (FR)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/697,492.
Prior Publication US 2023/0296708 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G01R 33/48 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 33/48 (2013.01) [A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G01R 33/56358 (2013.01); A61B 5/704 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor for a magnetic resonance tomography room, wherein a magnetic resonance (MR) tomography device for a MR elastography imaging protocol is arranged within the MR tomography room, the motor comprising:
a rotational drive for supplying rotational energy to power a MR elastography transducer usable during the MR elastography imaging protocol;
a support structure; and
a container,
wherein the rotational drive comprises a terminal for connecting the MR elastography transducer to the rotational drive,
wherein a bearing means is configured such that a position of the terminal relative to the support structure is adaptable along a trajectory predetermined by the bearing means,
wherein the rotational drive is mounted to the support structure via the bearing means, and
wherein the rotational drive is arranged within the container.