Patent ID: 7463028

Claim:
A device for installing a gradient coil into a magnet of a magnetic resonance system, said device comprising: a base; a frame comprising two lateral supports each having a bottom surface on which said frame rests on said base, and a coil carrier supported by said two lateral supports, said coil carrier being configured to pass through and accommodate a gradient coil; air-discharge devices respectively disposed at the bottom surface of each of said two lateral supports that discharge air from the devices to generate an air cushion that lifts said frame from, and non-fixedly supports said frame above, said base; and said base being configured for placement next to an opening of a magnet of a magnetic resonance system and said air cushion allowing manual displacement of said frame, and said coil carrier with a gradient coil accommodated thereon, from said base into said opening of said magnet while continuously floating on said air cushion.