Patent ID: 7957786
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: A61B,G01R,H01F

Abstract:
1. An imaging system for acquiring an image of an object, the imaging system comprising: a rotating gantry; a stationary electronic system and a rotating electronic system that rotates with the rotating gantry; a magnetically coupled rotary transformer with a magnetic core having both a stationary portion and a rotating portion, the magnetic core including a data winding carried in a first groove and a power winding carried in the first groove; wherein the rotating electronic system is electrically and mechanically coupled to the rotating portion of the rotary transformer, and the stationary electronic system is electrically and mechanically coupled to the stationary portion of the rotary transformer, and wherein the rotating electronic system and stationary electronic system are configured to wirelessly communicate data modulated on a carrier frequency at a frequency different than that of electrical power transmitted across the rotary transformer.