CT Apparatus Rotating Frame Underneath Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional medical image diagnosis apparatuses, such as standing CT apparatuses, face challenges with the weight and structural requirements of their rotating frames, which are heavy to support imaging systems when attached hanging from a supporting frame, limiting installation options and maintenance accessibility.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a rotating frame supported from underneath by a movable supporting frame and columns, allowing the rotating frame to be lighter in weight and reducing the load on the connecting parts, with optional features like partial outer walls and maintenance access openings to enhance stability and maintenance ease.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the rotating frame is attached hanging from the supporting frame, then the imaging system is supported, but the rotating frame becomes heavy to ensure strength
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional supporting relationship by having the rotating frame support the imaging system from underneath rather than having the imaging system hang from the rotating frame. This inversion allows the rotating frame to be lighter while maintaining structural strength, as the load-bearing function is transferred to the supporting frame positioned below.
2Strength
If the rotating frame is made heavy to ensure strength, then the imaging system is securely supported, but installation flexibility is limited
Solution Approach 1:
By inverting the support structure so the rotating frame is supported from underneath by a movable supporting frame, the patent enables lighter construction that can be more easily installed in various locations, including standing CT configurations, thereby improving installation flexibility while maintaining adequate strength.
3Strength
If the rotating frame is made heavy to ensure strength, then the imaging system is securely supported, but maintenance accessibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The inverted support structure where the rotating frame is held from underneath by a movable supporting frame improves maintenance accessibility. The lighter rotating frame can be more easily removed and the movable supporting frame allows convenient access to the imaging system for maintenance operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The movable supporting frame provides dynamic adjustment capability, allowing the frame to be repositioned or adjusted during maintenance operations, thereby improving accessibility to the imaging system without compromising structural strength during normal operation.
4Weight of moving object
If the rotating frame is supported from underneath, then the weight is reduced and installation flexibility is improved, but the load on connecting parts increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a movable supporting frame as an intermediary element between the rotating frame and the fixed supporting structure. This intermediary distributes and transfers the loads through optimized pathways, reducing the concentration of forces on any single connecting part while enabling the lighter rotating frame design.
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AI summary
A medical image diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a first supporting part, a second supporting part, and one or more columns. The first supporting part is configured to support an imaging system related to imaging a subject to be examined. The second supporting part is configured to support the first supporting part from underneath the first supporting part. The one or more columns are configured to support the second supporting part so as to be movable along a vertical direction.