IP Library Granted Patent US 12661030
Granted Patent B2
US 12661030 · App. 18/641,924 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Magnetic resonance apparatus having a patient communication unit

Inventors: Marcel Ruf (Langensendelbach, DE); Harald Karl (Fürth, DE)
Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
A61B5/055A61B5/704
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Patent No.
US 12661030
App. No.
18/641,924
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnetic resonance apparatus having a magnet unit, a patient-receiving region that is at least in part surrounded by the magnet unit and is designed to receive a patient for a magnetic resonance examination, and a patient communication unit that includes a display unit having an e-paper display arranged within the patient-receiving region.

Claims (21)

1 . A magnetic resonance apparatus, comprising:

a magnet unit comprising a radio frequency antenna unit;

a patient-receiving region that is at least in part surrounded by the magnet unit, and is designed to receive a patient for a magnetic resonance examination; and

a patient communication unit including a display unit having an e-paper display, wherein the display unit comprises:

a first radio module that is designed so as to receive control data, wherein the first radio module is configured to communicate at a frequency that is outside a transmission spectrum and/or a reception spectrum of the radio frequency antenna unit, and

a circuit board having an electronic module, wherein the first radio module is arranged on the circuit board, and

wherein the display unit is configured to change display content only during measurement pauses between radio frequency pulses to be played, thereby reducing or preventing disruptions to magnetic resonance data acquisition.

2 . The magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the display unit has an antenna element that is designed to extract energy during a magnetic resonance examination.

3 . The magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 2 ,

wherein the antenna element is adapted to a transmission frequency of the radio frequency antenna unit of the magnet unit.

4 . The magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the display unit has an energy storage element.

5 . The magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the patient communication unit has a control unit and a second radio module, wherein the second radio module is designed for data transmission with the first radio module, wherein the control unit having the second radio module is arranged outside the patient-receiving region.

6 . The magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the magnet unit has a housing that surrounds the patient-receiving region and the display unit is arranged on the housing.

7 . The magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 6 ,

wherein the display unit has at least one fastening element designed to be fastened in a detachable manner between the display unit and the housing that surrounds the patient-receiving region.

8 . The magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a patient table having at least one removable fastening element that is fastenable to the patient table such that the display unit is arranged in a field of view of the patient when arranged on the fastening element.