Patent ID: 9055912
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A supporting device for a radiation source and a radiation detector, the supporting device comprising: a base unit; a guidance device having at least one first segment and one second segment, said guidance device configured such that the radiation source and the radiation detector can be disposed at said guidance device and can be moved along a movement path, wherein an object under investigation can be disposed inside the movement path such that radiation emitted by the radiation source falls, through the object under investigation, onto the radiation detector; a first support arm; a first rotation connection disposed on said first support arm; said first segment is rotatably disposed at said first rotation connection at said first support arm and said first support arm is rotatable at said base unit such that, by a pivot movement of said first support arm, said first segment can be moved from a first position in which the movement path is closed into a second position in which there is an interruption in the movement path and the object under investigation can be introduced from a region outside the movement path, through the interruption in the movement path, into a region inside the movement path.