GANTRY FOR MOBILIZING AN MRI DEVICE TOWARDS STATIC PATIENTS

• US 20140152302A1
• Filed: 12/02/2013
• Published: 06/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aspect Imaging Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Aspect Imaging Ltd.
• Inventors: RAPOPORT, Uri, TOLEDO, Eran, RABINOVITZ, Itzchak, SUTTON, Thomas Rangi
• Granted Patent: US 9,551,731 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/307
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 3/00 Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture or maintenance of measuring instruments , e.g. of probe tips
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 33/307 specially adapted for moving the sample relative to the MR system, e.g. spinning mechanisms, flow cells or means for positioning the sample inside a spectrometer
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 33/3802 Manufacture or installation of magnet assemblies; Additional hardware for transportation or installation of the magnet assembly or for providing mechanical support to components of the magnet assembly
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 33/3808 Magnet assemblies for single-sided MR wherein the magnet assembly is located on one side of a subject only; Magnet assemblies for inside-out MR, e.g. for MR in a borehole or in a blood vessel, or magnet assemblies for fringe-field MR
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49002 Electrical device making

Abstract

The present invention discloses methods, gantry, and room'"'"'s infrastructure for maneuvering a portable open-bore magnetic resonance device with no fringing of its magnetic field (MRD) from at least one first location towards at least one static patient placed at at least one second remote location. The gantry comprises a transporting mechanism; and, an open-bore MRD, interconnected to the gantry by at least one maneuverable member. The MRD, by means of the gantry, is transportable from the first location to the second remote location adjacent the static patient. The aperture of the MRD'"'"'s open-bore, by means of said maneuverable member, is directable towards a defined spatially orientation facing the static patient.

Claims

1. A gantry for maneuvering a portable open-bore magnetic resonance device with no fringing of its magnetic field (MRD) from at least one first location towards at least one static patient placed at at least one second remote location;

said gantry comprising a transporting mechanism; and

, an open-bore MRD, interconnected to said gantry by at least one maneuverable member;

wherein said MRD, by means of said gantry, is transportable from said first location to said second remote location adjacent said static patient; and

further wherein the aperture of said MRD'"'"'s open-bore, by means of said maneuverable member, is directable towards a defined spatially orientation facing said static patient.

2. An MRD maneuvering system (MMS) for maneuvering an MRD from at least one first location to at least one second remote location, comprising a gantry of claim 1, comprising a transporting mechanism;

and, an MRD, interconnected to said gantry by at least one maneuverable member;

wherein said MRD, by means of said gantry, is transportable from said first location to said second remote location adjacent said static patient; and

further wherein the aperture of said MRD'"'"'s open-bore, by means of said maneuverable member, is directable towards a defined spatially orientation facing said static patient.

3. An MMS for maneuvering a neonate'"'"'s-type MRD, comprising:

a gantry of claim 1, comprising a transporting mechanism; and

, a neonate'"'"'s-type MRD, interconnected to said gantry by at least one maneuverable member;

wherein said MRD, by means of said gantry, is transportable from a first location to a neonate at a second remote location where neonate'"'"'s incubator is placed; and

further wherein the aperture of said MRD'"'"'s open-bore, by means of said maneuverable member, is directable towards a defined spatially orientation facing said neonate or incubator thereof

4. An MMS for maneuvering a wrist-type MRD, comprising:

a gantry of claim 1, comprising a transporting mechanism; and

, a wrist-type MRD, interconnected to said gantry by at least one maneuverable member;

wherein said MRD, by means of said gantry, is transportable from a first location to a second remote location; and

further wherein the aperture of said MRD'"'"'s open-bore, by means of said maneuverable member, is directable towards a defined spatially orientation facing the wrist of a patient.

5. The gantry of claim 1, wherein said maneuverable member is selected from a group consisting of an articulated joint, a flexible joint, a rotatable joint, internally compensated self-aligning rotary joint, a ball joint, ball and socket joint, elbow constructed joint, hydraulic joint mechanism, telescopic joint, clampers, gimbals and claspers thereof and any combination thereof.

6. A method of maneuvering a portable open-bore magnetic resonance device with no fringing of its magnetic field (MRD) from at least one first location towards at least one static patient placed at at least one second remote location by means of a gantry;

comprising (a) providing said gantry with a transporting mechanism;

(b) interconnecting an open-bore MRD to said gantry by at least one maneuverable member;

(c) transporting said MRD, by means of said gantry, from said first location to said second remote location adjacent said static patient; and

(d) directing the aperture of said MRD'"'"'s open-bore, by means of said maneuverable member, towards a defined spatially orientation facing said static patient.

7. A method of maneuvering a portable open-bore magnetic resonance device with no fringing of its magnetic field (MRD) from at least one first location towards at least one static patient placed at at least one second remote location by means of an MRD maneuvering system (MMS);

comprising (a) providing said MMS with in a room;

(b) interconnecting said MMS to a gantry having inter alia a transporting mechanism;

(c) interconnecting an open-bore MRD to said gantry by at least one maneuverable member;

(d) transporting said MRD, by means of said gantry, from said first location to said second remote location adjacent said static patient; and

(e) directing the aperture of said MRD'"'"'s open-bore, by means of said maneuverable member, towards a defined spatially orientation facing said static patient.

8. A method of maneuvering a portable open-bore neonate'"'"'s-type magnetic resonance device with no fringing of its magnetic field (neonate'"'"'s-type MRD) from at least one first location towards at least one static neonate placed in an incubator at least one second remote location by means of a neonate'"'"'s-type MRD maneuvering system (MMS);

comprising (a) providing said MMS with in a room;

(b) interconnecting said MMS to a gantry having inter alia a transporting mechanism;

(c) interconnecting an open-bore neonate'"'"'s-type MRD to said gantry by at least one maneuverable member;

(d) transporting said neonate'"'"'s-type MRD, by means of said gantry, from said first location to said second remote location adjacent to a neonate or incubator thereof; and

(e) directing the aperture of said neonate'"'"'s-type MRD'"'"'s open-bore, by means of said maneuverable member, towards a defined spatially orientation facing said neonate or an incubator thereof.

9. A method of maneuvering a portable open-bore wrist-type magnetic resonance device with no fringing of its magnetic field (wrist-type MRD) from at least one first location towards at least one static patient placed at at least one second remote location by means of a wrist-type MRD maneuvering system (MMS);

comprising (a) providing said MMS with in a room;

(b) interconnecting said MMS to a gantry having inter alia a transporting mechanism;

(c) interconnecting an open-bore wrist-type MRD to said gantry by at least one maneuverable member;

(d) transporting said wrist-type MRD, by means of said gantry, from said first location to said second remote location adjacent to said static patient and (e) directing the aperture of said wrist-type MRD'"'"'s open-bore, by means of said maneuverable member, towards a defined spatially orientation facing said patient'"'"'s wrist.

10. A method of mobilizing a manuverable open-bore MRD from a first location to a second remote location to a static patient or organs thereof, characterized by the following steps:

a. providing in a room at least one first location and at least one second remote location;

b. constructing a structural surface in at least one portion of said room;

c. temporarily or permanently interconnecting said gantry to said surface by means of a transporting mechanism;

d. temporarily or permanently interconnecting said gantry to an MRD by means of at least one manuverable member;

e. transporting said MRD, by means of said transporting mechanism, from said at least one first location to said at least one second remote location; and

f. at said at least one second location, spatially orienting the open-bore'"'"'s aperture of said MRD, by means of said manuverable member, towards said patients or organs thereof;

thereby imaging said static patient or organ thereof by means of said maneuverable MRD.