MRD assembly of scanner and cart

• US 10,548,508 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2014
• Issued: 02/04/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aspect Imaging Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Aspect Imaging Ltd.
• Inventors: Rapoport, Uri
• Primary Examiner(s): Cook, Christopher L
• Application Number:
  US14/892,207
• Publication Number:
  US 20160089054A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,085 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00911 for fields applied by a magnetic resonance imaging system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/045 Newborns, e.g. premature baby monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/055 involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/00 Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body heating or cooling means in connection with bedsteads or mattresses A47C21/00 ; massage, therapeutic baths A61H; hyperthermia using electric or magnetic fields or ultrasound A61N; electric heating elements H05B
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 11/00 Baby-incubators; Couveuses
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 11/002 height-adjustable patient support
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 11/005 with movable walls, e.g. for accessing the inside, removable walls
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/02 Adjustable operating tables; Controls therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/104 Adaptations for table mobility, e.g. arrangement of wheels
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0208 Oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 33/288 Provisions within MR facilities for enhancing safety during MR, e.g. reduction of the specific absorption rate [SAR], detection of ferromagnetic objects in the scanner room
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 33/30 Sample handling arrangements, e.g. sample cells, spinning mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 33/34 Constructional details, e.g. resonators , specially adapted to MR
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 33/3806 Open magnet assemblies for improved access to the sample, e.g. C-type or U-type magnets

Abstract

A magnetic resonance system (MRS), useful for imaging a patient, comprising: (a) a magnetic resonance device (MRD) for imaging a patient, comprising an open bore, the MRD at least partially contained in an envelope comprising in its circumference at least one recess; and, (b) an MRI-safe cart made of MRI-safe material, comprising a substantially horizontal base and at least one substantially horizontal incubator above the base, the base and the incubator are interconnected by at least one pillar. At least a portion of the cart and the MRD are configured to fit together such that at least a portion of the incubator is reversibly housed within the MRD, and further at least a portion of the base is reversibly housed within at least one recess.

Claims

1. A magnetic resonance system for imaging a neonate, the magnetic resonance system comprising:

a cart for transporting a non-magnetic neonate incubator capsule, the cart comprising;

a base; and

a pillar coupled to the base and extending from the base;

an incubator having an end, the incubator capable of being coupled to the pillar at the end of the incubator and extending from the pillar when coupled to the pillar;

a magnetic resonance device disposed within a housing, the magnetic resonance device comprising;

a bore sized to receive the incubator and to mate with the end of the incubator such that the bore is closed when the incubator is inserted into the bore, and

a recess sized to receive the base of the cart when the incubator is coupled to the pillar and positioned within the magnetic resonance device.

2. The magnetic resonance system of claim 1 wherein the base and recess further comprise a first sliding mechanism and a second sliding mechanism respectively, the first sliding mechanism and the second sliding mechanism are configured to mate to allow the base to slide into a desired position within the recess.

3. The magnetic resonance system of claim 1 wherein the end of the incubator comprises a radio frequency (RF) shield, the RF shield comprising a conduit having a first aperture permitting access to an inside of the incubator and a second aperture permitting access to an external environment.

4. The magnetic resonance system of claim 3 wherein the pillar is at least partially hollow and has an aperture that is positioned adjacent to the second aperture of the incubator.

5. The magnetic resonance system of claim 3 wherein the conduit has a length to width ratio of at least 5 to 1.

6. The magnetic resonance system of claim 1 wherein the base and recess are operative to mate via a sliding mechanism, wherein the base is operatively capable of sliding into a desired position within the recess.