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Granted Patent B2
US 12,569,202 · App. 18/155,046 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Transport apparatus in medical system

Inventors: Jing Wu (Shanghai, CN); Yining Wang (Shanghai, CN); Bo Li (Shanghai, CN); Xiangming Hou (Shanghai, CN); Yunlei Yao (Shanghai, CN); Jian Liu (Shanghai, CN); Xiwei Dai (Shanghai, CN); Hongtao Ren (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
A61B5/70A61B5/055A61B5/704A61B6/03A61B6/037A61B6/0407A61B6/0487A61B6/4417A61G13/06G01R33/3685
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Patent No.
US 12,569,202
App. No.
18/155,046
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transport apparatus may include a patient bed unit for supporting the patient; a transferring unit for moving the patient bed unit along a first direction of the MRI device; and an elevating module for moving the patient bed unit along a second direction of the MRI device.

Claims (41)

1 . A patient bed comprising a line trap, wherein the line trap comprises:

a shell including an electric conductor and a tunable capacitive element, the electric conductor and the tunable capacitive element forming a parallel resonant circuit; and

a cavity inside the shell, the cavity being configured to accommodate an RF cable; wherein the tunable capacitive element includes a first circuit board and a second circuit board set against the first circuit board, and the second circuit board translates or rotates relative to the shell and the first circuit board.

2 . The patient bed of claim 1 , wherein the first circuit board or the second circuit board includes an electrically conductive layer or a metallization layer.

3 . The patient bed of claim 1 , wherein the shell further includes a counter bore configured to accommodate the second circuit board.

4 . The patient bed of claim 1 , wherein the first circuit board includes an opening, and the second circuit board is below the opening.

5 . The patient bed of claim 1 , wherein the second circuit board includes an adjusting structure configured to adjust the second circuit board.

6 . The patient bed of claim 1 , further comprising:

a bed board for accommodating a patient;

a bedstead for supporting the bed board; and

a drag chain structure between the bed board and the bedstead, wherein

the drag chain structure comprises a drag chain and a bent feature,

a first end of the drag chain is fixed upon the bed board,

a second end of the drag chain is fixed upon the bedstead, and

when the bed board moves away from the bedstead along a longitudinal direction of the bedstead, the bed board moves the first end of the drag chain with respect to the second end of the drag chain, and the bent feature moves away from the bed board.

7 . The patient bed of claim 6 , wherein the first end of the drag chain is fixed upon the bed board via a fastener.

8 . The patient bed of claim 7 , wherein the fastener includes at least one of a screw, a catch, or a buckle.

9 . The patient bed of claim 6 , wherein the second end of the drag chain is fixed upon a groove of the bedstead.

10 . The patient bed of claim 6 , wherein when the bed board and the bedstead overlap, one on top of another, the bent feature of the drag chain becomes close to the first end of the drag chain.

11 . The patient bed of claim 6 , further comprising:

at least two sliding wheel sets for allowing the bed board to move horizontally relative to the bedstead along the longitudinal direction of the bed board.

12 . The patient bed of claim 11 , wherein each of the at least two sliding wheel set includes a plurality of sliding rollers along the longitudinal direction of the bed board.

13 . The patient bed of claim 11 , further comprising:

at least one buffer roller on a side of a sliding wheel set of the at least two sliding wheel sets, the at least one buffer roller being along the longitudinal direction of the bed board.

14 . The patient bed of claim 13 , wherein a radius of a buffer roller of the at least one buffer roller is less than a sliding roller of the sliding wheel set.

15 . The patient bed of claim 13 , wherein a first distance between a buffer roller and an adjacent sliding roller is less than a second distance between a sliding roller and an adjacent sliding roller.

16 . The patient bed of claim 13 , further comprising at least one first guide rail facilitating movements of the at least two sliding roller sets and the at least one buffer roller.

17 . The patient bed of claim 4 , wherein a surface of the first circuit board against to the second circuit board is covered with an electrically conductive layer, the electrically conductive layer is broken by a gap, and the opening is within the gap.

18 . The patient bed of claim 17 , wherein both ends of the electrically conductive layer are connected electrically with the electric conductor of the shell.

19 . A transport apparatus for moving a patient in an imaging system, the apparatus comprising:

a patient bed including a line trap; wherein the patient bed further includes:

a bed board for accommodating a patient;

a bedstead for supporting the bed board; and

a drag chain structure between the bed board and the bedstead, wherein

the drag chain structure comprises a drag chain and a bent feature,

a first end of the drag chain is fixed upon the bed board,

a second end of the drag chain is fixed upon the bedstead, and

when the bed board moves away from the bedstead along a longitudinal direction of the bedstead, the bed board moves the first end of the drag chain with respect to the second end of the drag chain, and the bent feature moves away from the bed board.

20 . The transport apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the line trap comprises:

a shell including an electric conductor and a tunable capacitive element, the electric conductor and the tunable capacitive element forming a parallel resonant circuit; and

a cavity inside the shell, the cavity being configured to accommodate an RF cable.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2023
From: WU, JING; WANG, YINING; LI, BO; HOU, XIANGMING; YAO, YUNLEI; LIU, JIAN
To: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064205/0536 →
EMPLOYEE AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 11, 2023
From: DAI, XIWEI; REN, HONGTAO
To: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064239/0626 →
Priority Claims (4)
CN 201410635873.X · Nov 12, 2014 · national
CN 201520100198.0 · Feb 11, 2015 · national
CN 201520102703.5 · Feb 12, 2015 · national
CN 201510443621.1 · Jul 24, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16662298 · Oct 24, 2019
Continuation 15317539
Related Publication 20230172554A1 · Jun 8, 2023
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