US Patent Application 18325286. GANTRY DRIVE WITH INTEGRAL POWER TRANSMISSION simplified abstract
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GANTRY DRIVE WITH INTEGRAL POWER TRANSMISSION
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Thomas Weidinger of Erlangen (DE)
GANTRY DRIVE WITH INTEGRAL POWER TRANSMISSION - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18325286 titled 'GANTRY DRIVE WITH INTEGRAL POWER TRANSMISSION
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes a gantry drive system for medical imaging machines.
- The gantry drive system consists of a stator, rotor, cavity, and controller.
- The rotor surrounds the cavity, which is used to hold the patient.
- The stator and rotor together form a motor that generates a rotating-field power.
- The rotating-field power is divided into two parts: mechanical drive power and electrical supply power.
- The mechanical drive power is used to rotate the rotor and move the gantry.
- The electrical supply power is used to power the payload apparatus, which could be any equipment attached to the gantry.
- The controller can adjust the distribution of the rotating-field power between the two parts.
Original Abstract Submitted
A gantry drive includes a multiphase stator, a multiphase rotor, a tunnel-shaped cavity configured to receive a patient, and a controller. The multiphase rotor spatially surrounds the cavity. The multiphase stator and the multiphase rotor form a multiphase motor configured to produce a rotating-field power. A first portion of the rotating-field power provides a mechanical drive power to produce a rotational movement of the multiphase rotor, and a second portion of the rotating-field power provides an electrical supply power for a payload apparatus. The controller is configured to vary at least one of the first portion or the second portion.
