Patent ID: 8258787

Claim:
A patient receptacle for a magnetic resonance system, said magnetic resonance system having a base body comprising a patient tunnel, and a base body signal conversion device, said patient receptacle comprising: a subframe; a patient bed supported by and movable on said subframe, said patient bed being adapted to receive a patient thereon, said subframe being positioned relative to said base body to convey on the patient bed through the patient tunnel by movement of the patient bed on the subframe; said patient bed and said subframe forming a patient receptacle structure; said patient receptacle structure comprising a local coil that acquires an analog magnetic resonance signal; a patient receptacle signal conversion device located at said patient receptacle structure, said patient receptacle signal conversion device comprising an analog-to-digital converter, a modulator, and a transmitter; said analog-to-digital converter being configured to receive the analog magnetic resonance signal acquired by the local coil and to convert the analog magnetic resonance signal into a digital magnetic resonance signal; said modulator being configured to modulate a carrier signal with said digital magnetic resonance signal, to produce a modulated carrier signal; and said transmitter being configured to transmit the modulated carrier signal via an air gap to said base body signal conversion device.