US5394873A
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Monitor for surveying the vital physiological parameters of a patient undergoing NMR imaging
Assignee: Schiller Medical SAS
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Filing: 1994-01-13
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Granted: 1995-03-07
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Expires: 2014-01-13
Abstract
Abstract A general surveillance monitor to monitor the vital physiological signs of patients undergoing examination by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging is constructed such that each functional module of the monitor is individually protected from the electromagnetic environment and high frequency parasitic currents and such that the control assembly is a computer system without any magnetic storage.
Inventors
- 👤 Michel Kraemer
- 👤 Gerard Muller
- 👤 Michel Lanoux
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 07:05
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/05; A61B5/055; A61B90/00; A61B90/36; G; G01; G01R; G01R33/00; G01R33/20; G01R33/28; G01R33/44; G01R33/48; G01R33/54; G01R33/56; G01R33/567; G01R33/5673
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
Monitor for surveying vital physiological parameters of a patient undergoing examination in a tunnel of a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging means for detecting and analyzing signals, wherein said monitor comprises: a shielded principal casing; means for detecting vital physiological parameters of the patient; an assembly of surveillance modules; shielded conductor means for connecting the detecting means to the surveillance modules; a plurality of shielded housing means for surrounding each of the surveillance modules, said shielded housing means being disposed in said shielded principal casing; a central means for controlling and displaying information relating to the vital physiological parameters detected by the detecting means, wherein said central means is a computer system free from magnetic storage; wherein the shielding of said principal casing and said plurality of housing means and said conductor means shield the surveillance modules such that they operate noninterferingly with said signals in a region adjacent to the nuclear magnetic resonance imaging means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
155 words
Monitor for surveying vital physiological parameters of a patient undergoing examination in a tunnel of a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging means for detecting and analyzing signals, wherein said monitor comprises: a shielded principal casing; means for detecting vital physiological parameters of the patient; an assembly of surveillance modules; shielded conductor means for connecting the detecting means to the surveillance modules; a plurality of shielded housing means for surrounding each of the surveillance modules, said shielded housing means being disposed in said shielded principal casing; a central means for controlling and displaying information relating to the vital physiological parameters detected by the detecting means, wherein said central means is a computer system free from magnetic storage; wherein the shielding of said principal casing and said plurality of housing means and said conductor means shield the surveillance modules such that they operate noninterferingly with said signals in a region adjacent to the nuclear magnetic resonance imaging means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
Monitor according to claim 1, wherein the central controlling and displaying means includes a control-display card with a solid-state memory storage and further wherein the surveillance modules each include a card-controlling means for acquiring the vital physiological parameters from the detecting means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
74 words
Monitor according to claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of articulating pivot elements having a common pivot axis; a display panel being pivotally mounted by the plurality of articulating pivot elements and having a frame; conductor means, being passed through the common pivot axis of the articulating pivot elements, for supplying electricity to the principal casing and to the frame of the display panel; and a flexible sleeve means for shielding the conductor means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
Monitor according to claim 1, further comprising: gas tube means for providing gas to the patient.
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