Photographic Detector Support Patents (Class 378/167)
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Patent number: 11937961Abstract: An X-ray system with a universal positioning system includes a multiple degree of freedom overhead support system mounted within a location for the X-ray system, a first imaging device on the overhead support system, a multiple degree of freedom wall stand disposed within the location for the X-ray system, the wall stand comprising a motive module and a number of moveable members operably connected to the motive module that can be operated by the motive module to move the wall stand over a floor of the location, a second imaging device mounted to the wall stand, a table disposed within the location for the X-ray system, including a base disposed on the floor of the location and a support surface secured at one end to the base, and a workstation including a processing unit configured to send control signals to and to receive data signals from the universal positioning system.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLCInventors: Yu Qing Li, Gireesha Chinthamani Rao, Chunyu Wang, Fusheng Li, Qingtao Wang, Feng Xu
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Patent number: 11766226Abstract: A digital dental x-ray sensor device includes a rounded, three-dimensional housing that lacks corners, edges, or other relatively sharp features that are known to cause discomfort when used in a patient's mouth. The rounded housing can be spherical, ellipsoid, or any similar regular or irregular rounded shape, and can be formed by ensuring that all curves of the surface of the rounded housing have a minimum radius that is sufficient to prevent features that can dig into the soft tissue of the inside of a patient's mouth.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Inventor: Shayda Cullen
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Patent number: 11635533Abstract: A three-dimensional part intended to cooperate with: a single-piece base comprising a first main face, a second main face, the base being delimited by four lateral faces, the base being able to support a digital detector on the first main face and an electronic circuit board, a mechanical protection housing, the base, the digital detector and the electronic circuit board being intended to be arranged in the mechanical protection housing, the housing comprising four lateral faces, a top face and a bottom face; the three-dimensional part being comprising a bottom part linked to the base and at least partially enclosing a lateral face of the base; a top part extending from the first main face of the base to the top face of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: TRIXELLInventors: Sylvain Pons, Pierre Rieuvernet
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Patent number: 11619597Abstract: A system for non-destructive evaluation of an object uses a spherical coordinate system to control two robotic arms. In some examples, the system includes a radiation source coupled to one robotic arm, a radiation detector coupled to the other robotic arm; and a control unit configured to determine, based on input, a first position located on a first surface of a first sphere within the spherical coordinate system; determine, based on the input, a second position located on a second surface of a second sphere within the spherical coordinate system, wherein the second position is located opposite a midpoint of the spherical coordinate system from the first position; and control a motion of the source robotic arm and the detector robotic arm such that the radiation source and the radiation detector move to different ones of the first position and the second position.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Joseph Schlecht, Caleb N. Hay, Jackson Turner, Sean Lin, Sean M. Anderson, Kirk Guillaume, Matthew James Johnson
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Patent number: 11534115Abstract: An N-M tomography system comprising: a carrier for the subject of an examination procedure; a plurality of detector heads; a carrier for the detector heads; and a detector positioning arrangement operable to position the detector heads during performance of a scan without interference or collision between adjacent detector heads to establish a variable bore size and configuration for the examination. Additionally, collimated detectors providing variable spatial resolution for SPECT imaging and which can also be used for PET imaging, whereby one set of detectors can be selectably used for either modality, or for both simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Speetrum Dynamics Medical LimitedInventors: Nathaniel Roth, Yoel Zilberstien, Shlomo Ben-Haim, Benny Rousso
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Patent number: 11392107Abstract: Machine elements can be displaced along disjoined path sections by position-controlled machine axes. Movement guidance of the machine elements from the end of a path section to the beginning of a directly following path section along a previously unknown path is provided, wherein location, velocity and acceleration are continuous along the previously unknown path and at the transitions between the path sections and the previously unknown path. Velocity, acceleration and jerk are limited. A preliminary axis guidance and a corresponding required axis time is determined for each of the axes. A greatest required axis time is determined therefrom which is then set as a final axis guidance for this axis. For other axes whose preliminary axis times are smaller than the greatest required axis time, the respective preliminary axis guidance is matched to the greatest required axis time, which is then adopted for the other axes as final axis guidance.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Rene Schneider
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Patent number: 11384751Abstract: A push-pull micropump includes one or more pairs of channels configured to transfer one or more fluids, each channel pair having an aspiration channel and an injection channel; and an actuator configured to engage the one or more pairs of channels, wherein the actuator comprises a plurality of rolling members and a driving member configured such that when the driving member rotates, the plurality of rolling members rolls along the one or more pairs of channels to cause individually the one or more fluids to transfer through each channel pair simultaneously at different flowrates or the same flowrate, depending upon actuated lengths of the aspiration and injection channels of each channel pair, wherein an actuated length of a channel is defined by a length of the channel along which the plurality of rolling members rolls during a full rotation of the driving member.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYInventors: John P. Wikswo, Ronald S. Reiserer, David K. Schaffer, Dmitry A. Markov, Clayton M. Britt
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Patent number: 11241204Abstract: Disclosed is an intraoral dental x-ray imaging sensor holder for Wireless IntraOral x-ray imaging Sensors (“WIOS”). The holder secures in place the WIOS from the hump on the backside of the WIOS corresponding to the battery. The holder with the WIOS attached can be painlessly and comfortably positioned inside the dental arch, since there are no brackets holding the WIOS from its edges, but instead from the battery hump. Additionally, the WIOS can be secured on the holder in reverse (rotated by 180 degrees) thus adding flexibility and versatility during intraoral x-ray imaging.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: ATHLOS OYInventors: Konstantinos Spartiotis, George Gennadios, Vasileios Grammatikakis
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Patent number: 11141119Abstract: A dental X-ray sensor holding device includes a rectangular sensor platform and a long handle having telescoping sections. The device holds and positions a purchased X-ray sensor within a patient's mouth during a dental procedure or during surgery. The long handle allows a dental professional to stand at a safe distance out of the X-ray radiation range.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Inventors: Marcus Lastimado, Trinity Lam-Lastimado
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Patent number: 11131332Abstract: A clamp for clamping on a board is provided. The clamp includes a main body, a moving module and a screw rod. The main body includes a housing and a pressing plate to collaboratively define a moving space. The moving module includes a clamping member, a first plate and a second plate connecting with the first plate. The first plate and the pressing plate are disposed in the moving space in parallel. The second plate outwardly extends from the main body. The clamping member is selectively secured to the second plate. The screw rod rotatably and non-shiftably penetrates through the housing and the pressing plate and partially extends outwards the housing, and has threads for fastening to the screw hole of the first plate. When the screw rod rotates, the first plate moves in the moving space, and simultaneously drives the clamping member to move to adjust the distance to the pressing plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: SYNCMOLD ENTERPRISE CORP.Inventors: Chun-Hao Huang, Chien-Cheng Yeh
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Patent number: 11099286Abstract: A radiation detection device includes: a radiation detection panel; a supporting member having a first surface and a second surface being opposite to the first surface, wherein the radiation detection panel is provided at a side of the first surface; an electronic component that is provided on the second surface of the supporting member and drives the radiation detection panel or processes an electric signal output from the radiation detection panel; and a housing that accommodates the radiation detection panel, the supporting member, and the electronic component, a bottom of the housing which faces the second surface comprises a flat portion and a slope portion that is adjacent to the flat portion and becomes closer to the second surface as becoming further away from the flat portion, and the electronic component is provided at a position as defined herein.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Hisatsugu Horiuchi, Masateru Tateishi, Shinsuke Noguchi
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Patent number: 10987068Abstract: An imaging system and methods including a gantry defining a bore and an imaging axis extending through the bore, and at least one support member that supports the gantry such that the imaging axis has a generally vertical orientation, where the gantry is displaceable with respect to the at least one support member in a generally vertical direction. The imaging system may be configured to obtain a vertical imaging scan (e.g., a helical x-ray CT scan), of a patient in a weight-bearing position. The gantry may be rotatable between a first position, in which the gantry is supported such that the imaging axis has a generally vertical orientation, and a second position, such that the imaging axis has a generally horizontal orientation. The gantry may be displaceable in a horizontal direction and the system may perform a horizontal scan of a patient or object positioned within the bore.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Mobius Imaging LLCInventors: Eugene A. Gregerson, Russell Stanton, Michael Connor, Michael Allen, Paul Sebring, Robert Powell
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Patent number: 10959691Abstract: A housing of an electronic cassette has an inclined surface which is formed between a side surface and a rear surface thereof and inclined relative to the side surface and the rear surface. An antenna opening through which a radio wave is transmitted is formed on the inclined surface. Since the antenna opening is formed on the inclined surface, the antenna opening is not blocked by a rear plate of a holder of an upright radiographic stand or a supine radiographic stand, and the antenna opening is not blocked by a side panel of an outer grid. Both in the case where the electronic cassette is set to the holder and in the case where the outer grid is attached to the electronic cassette, it is possible to perform stable wireless communication.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Akihito Bettouyashiki, Makoto Kitada, Jun Enomoto
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Patent number: 10888292Abstract: A curved compression element, such as a breast compression paddle, and imaging systems and methods for use with curved compression elements. A system may include a radiation source, a detector, and a curved compression element. Operations are performed that include receiving image data from the detector; accessing a correction map for the at least one compression paddle; correcting the image data based on the correction map to generate a corrected image data; and generating an image of the breast based on the corrected image data. The breast compression element generally has no sharp edges, but rather has smooth edges and transitions between surfaces. The breast compression paddle also includes a flexible material that spans a portion of a curved bottom surface of the breast compression paddle to define a gap. The flexible material may be a thin-film material such as a shrink wrap.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: HOLOGIC, INC.Inventors: Timothy R. Stango, Jay A. Stein, Biao Chen, Christopher Ruth
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Patent number: 10832812Abstract: An endoscope inspection report creating method includes creating, before an endoscopic inspection to be performed on an inspection target by a user, at least one folder and a folder name of the at least one folder in a memory, the at least one folder storing an endoscopic image file of the inspection target, the folder name including inspection information related to the endoscopic inspection; setting a storage destination folder in which the endoscopic image file is stored from the at least one folder by the user specifying the storage destination folder; creating a file name of the endoscopic image file, after the storage destination folder is set and an inspection result of the endoscopic inspection comes out, inspection result information of the endoscopic inspection and the folder name of the set storage destination folder being added to the file name; storing the endoscopic image file, the file name of which has been created, in the set storage destination folder; reading the file name of the endoscopicType: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Saichi Sato
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Patent number: 10806426Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile X-ray device, comprising: a housing with an X-ray source arranged therein, a sensor system comprising one or more sensors for aligning the X-ray source to an object to be scanned and/or detecting at least one extrinsic object in a predefined area in a vicinity of the X-ray beam of the X-ray source; a processor unit comprising determining the alignment of the X-ray source and the object to be scanned based on signals received from the sensor system; image acquisition for generating an X-ray image; activating a blockage signal for the mobile X-ray device based on signals received from the sensor system; and an interface for outputting the generated X-ray image and/or information; wherein image acquisition is blocked, if the sensor system signals one of the following: at least one extrinsic object is detected within the predefined area; lack of alignment between the X-ray source and the object to be scanned.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Gereon Vogtmeier, Anand Kumar Dokania, Ravindra Bhat, Jens Von Berg
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Patent number: 10772589Abstract: There are provided a receiving device in which detectors of different sizes can be stably accommodated and an X-ray imaging apparatus having the same. A receiving device having a receiving unit in which a first detecting device is accommodated, the receiving device including a fixer provided in the receiving unit and into which a part of a surface of the first detecting device is inserted in order to prevent movement of the first detecting device, and a guide disposed at an inner side surface of the receiving unit and including a detector support having a side that is connected to a rotating shaft to be rotatable and configured to support at least one surface of the first detecting device and at least one surface of a second detecting device having a different size from the first detecting device.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Chang Jin Yang
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Patent number: 10716952Abstract: The present invention provides a focused radiotherapy apparatus comprising: at least one source part, provided with a plurality of radioactive sources arranged thereon; at least one collimation part enclosing the source part, and comprising a plurality of collimators aligned corresponding to the radioactive sources, the radiation rays emitted by the plurality of radioactive sources passing through the collimators and then converging to a focal point for treatment.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2015Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: OUR UNITED CORPORATIONInventor: Haifeng Liu
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Patent number: 10705244Abstract: Imaging systems and methods are provided for detecting objects that may be hidden under clothing, ingested, inserted, or otherwise concealed on or in a person's body. An imaging assembly, e.g., X-ray source and X-ray detector, and mechanisms, e.g., a translational mechanism for vertically moving the imaging assembly, may be configured to reduce the overall form factor of such imaging systems, while still retaining an ability to perform full/complete imaging of a subject.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: TEK84 INC.Inventor: Steven Winn Smith
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Patent number: 10702228Abstract: A housing of an electronic cassette has an inclined surface which is formed between a side surface and a rear surface thereof and inclined relative to the side surface and the rear surface. An antenna opening through which a radio wave is transmitted is formed on the inclined surface. Since the antenna opening is formed on the inclined surface, the antenna opening is not blocked by a rear plate of a holder of an upright radiographic stand or a supine radiographic stand, and the antenna opening is not blocked by a side panel of an outer grid. Both in the case where the electronic cassette is set to the holder and in the case where the outer grid is attached to the electronic cassette, it is possible to perform stable wireless communication.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Akihito Bettouyashiki, Makoto Kitada, Jun Enomoto
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Patent number: 10687899Abstract: An exemplary method includes receiving information relating to a long bone, and generating a bone model representative of the long bone. The long bone includes a shaft, and the bone model includes a shaft model representative of at least a portion of the shaft. The method includes identifying a target orientation for the bone model, and generating a cropped model including at least a portion of the shaft model. The method further includes generating cylinder parameters based at least in part upon the cropped model, registering the cylinder to the cropped model, and generating registration information related to the registering. The method further includes generating a correction angle based upon the registration information, and generating a corrected model based upon the correction angle. The method may further include generating an adjusted model based upon the corrected model, and generating a surgical device using the adjusted model.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Yangqiu Hu, Mohammed Rahman, Stephen Mirdo
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Patent number: 10568594Abstract: A cassette holder capable of being loaded with a radiation image capturing apparatus including a housing, a two-dimensional array of radiation detecting elements accommodated in the housing, and a connection port is shown. The cassette holder includes the following. Retention tabs hold the radiation image capturing apparatus. A connector is connectable to the connection port. The connector is magnetically fixed to the connection port. When the radiation image capturing apparatus is drawn to be detached from the cassette holder, the connector is movable with movement of the connection port. The movement of the connector moved with the connection port is regulated such that a shift distance of one end of the connector is smaller than a shift distance of the other end, and thereby the one end of the connector is detached from the connection port earlier than the other end.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Atsushi Yamanishi, Hidehiko Takahashi, Takafumi Matsuo
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Patent number: 10485494Abstract: A holding tray holds an X-ray detection panel on a placing surface. The holding tray includes: a lock that locks the X-ray detection panel on the placing surface with a plurality of holding patterns of different types and/or arrangement directions of the X-ray detection panel; and a detector that detects the holding pattern of the X-ray detection panel locked on the placing surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Shingo Nakayama, Takafumi Matsuo
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Patent number: 10219764Abstract: A receiving device in which detectors of different sizes can be stably accommodated and an X-ray imaging apparatus having the same are provided. A receiving device having a receiving unit in which a first detecting device is accommodated. The receiving device includes a fixing unit provided in the receiving unit and into which a part of a side surface of the first detecting device is inserted in order to prevent the first detecting device from being moved; and a detector support having a side that is connected to a rotating shaft and tiltable, and configured to support at least one side surface of a second detecting device having a smaller size than the first detecting device.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Chang Jin Yang
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Patent number: 10209371Abstract: According to one embodiment, a radiation detector includes a scintillator layer, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and an organic layer. The second conductive layer is provided between the scintillator layer and the first conductive layer. The organic layer is provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The organic layer includes an organic semiconductor region having a first thickness. The first thickness is 400 nanometers or more.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Isao Takasu, Satomi Taguchi, Mitsuyoshi Kobayashi, Atsushi Wada, Yuko Nomura, Keiji Sugi, Rei Hasegawa, Naoto Kume
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Patent number: 10076302Abstract: Versatile, multimode radiographic systems and methods utilize portable energy emitters and radiation-tracking detectors. The x-ray emitter may include a digital camera and, optionally, a thermal imaging camera to provide for fluoroscopic, digital, and infrared thermal imagery of a patient for the purpose of aiding diagnostic, surgical, and non-surgical interventions. The emitter may cooperative with an inventive x-ray capture stage that automatically pivots, orients and aligns itself with the emitter to maximize exposure quality and safety. The combined system uses less power, corrects for any skew or perspective in the emission, allows the subject to remain in place, and allows the surgeon's workflow to continue uninterrupted.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Micro C, LLCInventors: Jason Franklin, Gregory Kolovich, Evan Ruff, Addison Shelton, Igor Zamlinsky
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Patent number: 10067250Abstract: Provided is a radiation detecting apparatus, including: a radiation detector arranged to detect radiation; an electrical circuit board configured to control the radiation detector; a cooling unit arranged to cool the radiation detector and the electrical circuit board; and a casing arranged to accommodate the radiation detector, the electrical circuit board, and the cooling unit therein, in which at least an outer surface of the casing has a recessed portion that is recessed across a back surface portion, which is on an opposite side to a side in which the radiation enters, and a lateral surface portion adjacent to the back surface portion, and in which the recessed portion has lead-out portions formed therein, through which a wiring line removably connectable to the electrical circuit board and a piping line arranged to allow a cooling medium to flow to the cooling unit are respectively led out external to the casing.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsushi Kato, Takaaki Gonda
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Patent number: 10058294Abstract: A radiation imaging system includes a housing containing a plurality of radiation imaging devices each including a radiation detecting panel having a two-dimensional matrix of pixels and arranged to convert applied radiation to an image signal, a plurality of retainers configured to position and retain the plurality of radiation imaging devices so that parts of the respective radiation imaging devices spatially overlap as viewed from an irradiation side, and a unit configured to acquire a radiographic image on the basis of image signals from the respective radiation imaging devices. The plurality of retainers are configured to retain the plurality of radiation imaging devices in areas other than effective pixel areas of the respective radiation imaging devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Motoki Tagawa
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Patent number: 9763843Abstract: Embodiments of the present description provide a medical apparatus for use in supporting a patient lying in a supine position during a radial cardiac catheterization procedure. More particularly, embodiments of the present description provide an arm board a patient's arm during a radial cardiac catheterization procedure. The arm board has a base member having a substantially planar support surface on which the patient's arm can be stabilized during a catheterization procedure and at least one shield member affixed to the base member and extending away from the support surface. Desirably, the base member has both a radiolucent portion and a radiopaque portion and the shield member is a radiopaque material, thereby reducing and/or eliminating a doctor's exposure to radiation during radial cardiac catheterization procedures without impairing the ability to obtain the necessary medical images. Also provided is a medical apparatus and a method for its use.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.Inventors: L. Van Thomas Crisco, Gary Goff
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Patent number: 9675314Abstract: A method of testing waterproof performance of a radiological imaging apparatus including: a sensor panel including a plurality of radiation detecting elements two-dimensionally arranged; a housing containing the sensor panel; and an air pressure measuring unit configured to measure an air pressure in the housing having a vent hole allowing the air to flow into and out of the housing, includes: a load application step of continuing to apply a load to the housing; an air pressure measurement step of measuring the air pressure in the housing with the air pressure measuring unit, the air pressure changing while the load is being applied to the housing; and a waterproof performance determination step of determining whether the waterproof performance of the radiological imaging apparatus is normal based on a pattern of change in the measured air pressure in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Ikuma Ota, Hajime Ishimoto, Yoshihiko Eguchi, Atsunori Shikino
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Patent number: 9557282Abstract: A method and high precision robot arm system are provided, for example, for X-ray nanodiffraction with an X-ray nanoprobe. The robot arm system includes duo-vertical-stages and a kinematic linkage system. A two-dimensional (2D) vertical plane ultra-precision robot arm supporting an X-ray detector provides positioning and manipulating of the X-ray detector. A vertical support for the 2D vertical plane robot arm includes spaced apart rails respectively engaging a first bearing structure and a second bearing structure carried by the 2D vertical plane robot arm.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: U.S. Department of EnergyInventors: Deming Shu, Yong Chu
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Patent number: 9500751Abstract: An apparatus, a corresponding system, and a method for reading out X-ray information stored in a storage phosphor panel includes an input device, into which a cassette with a storage phosphor panel therein can be input, and a read-out device, in which the storage phosphor panel can be irradiated with stimulation light and the emission light excited in the storage phosphor panel is detected. In order to enable the cassette that has been input to be locked and/or opened as reliably as possible in conjunction with a simplified construction, at least one mechanical element which can be mechanically driven by a movement of the cassette upon the cassette being input into the input device locks and/or opens the cassette in the input device.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2012Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: AGFA HEALTHCARE NVInventors: Patrick Sandmann, Günther Schindlbeck, Heribert Hammer
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Patent number: 9435895Abstract: A dosimeter that is configured to assist with patient-specific quality assurance (“QA”) in arc-based radiotherapy, such as stereotactic radiotherapy, is provided. The dosimeter facilitates acquiring multiple different dosimetric measurements simultaneously. For instance, the dosimeter can be configured to acquire dosimetric measurements from multiple different modalities, including gel dosimetry and film dosimetry, and is configured for simultaneous use with a diode-array QA phantom.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Inventors: Mark Ruschin, Alexander Lightstone, Ian Parkinson, Harry Easton, David Beachey, Anthony Kim
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Patent number: 9052586Abstract: An arrangement includes a drawer housing and a drawer intended for an image-recording device of an x-ray-image device to be placed in the drawer. The arrangement includes a pull-out device, using which the drawer is moveable across a slanting plane while being withdrawn from or inserted into the drawer housing. A floor of the drawer remains parallel to a floor of the drawer housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Klaus Hruschka, Michael Kleber
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Publication number: 20150124939Abstract: A rail system including an adjustable detector. A rail unit is elongated in a longitudinal direction, and includes first and second rails which are spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction and are fixed to the ground. An X-ray tube stand is movable in a lateral direction with respect to the rail unit, and is provided therein with a vertically-movable tube arm and an X-ray generator which is rotatably disposed on one end of the tube arm. A C-shaped X-ray photography table is spaced apart from the rail unit. An X-ray sensor stand is movable in a lateral direction with respect to the rail unit, and moves an X-ray detector disposed therein into a hollow space in the lower part of the X-ray photography table such that the centers of the X-ray detector and the X-ray photography table are positioned at the same point.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventor: Pan Soon AHN
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Patent number: 8981309Abstract: A cassette includes: an image capturing unit including: an image receiving unit having a flat panel shape on which a plurality of pixels are arranged on a substrate converting radiation into electric charges and accumulating the converted electric charges; and a support to which the image receiving unit is attached; and a case in which the image capturing unit is accommodated in an unfixed state, in which the support supports the image receiving unit, and an outer edge of the support is disposed on an outer side of an outer edge of the substrate of the image receiving unit in a direction parallel to an image receiving surface of the image receiving unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Shinsuke Noguchi, Takeyasu Kobayashi, Makoto Sugizaki
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Publication number: 20130259208Abstract: A radiographic imaging apparatus using a flexible radiation detector electrically detects radiation that was transmitted through an object to be imaged, converts the detected radiation into radiographic image information, and has a housing box that incorporates the radiation detector in an attachable and detachable manner. The housing box includes a supporting member that supports the radiation detector as a mechanical reinforcement for keeping the radiation detector flat even when under a load, and an exterior housing that contains the radiation detector and the supporting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tetsuo Watanabe
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Patent number: 8454233Abstract: A device for non-destructive testing of objects, particularly pipes in oil refineries, having a first positioning device for positioning a collimator including a radioactive radiation source near an object to be tested, and a second positioning device for positioning a film carrier near the object to be tested. The first positioning device may be anchored or placed with a lower end on a substantially flat base surface, wherein the collimator is attached to the opposite, upper end of the first positioning device. Before the exposure, the radiation source may be guided towards the collimator via a delivery tube such that no radiation is able to be emitted from the device during the placement of the first positioning device.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2008Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Inventor: David Robb Cochrane
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Publication number: 20130129055Abstract: An arrangement includes a drawer housing and a drawer intended for an image-recording device of an x-ray-image device to be placed in the drawer. The arrangement includes a pull-out device, using which the drawer is moveable across a slanting plane while being withdrawn from or inserted into the drawer housing. A floor of the drawer remains parallel to a floor of the drawer housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2012Publication date: May 23, 2013Inventors: Klaus Hruschka, Michael Kleber
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Patent number: 8422751Abstract: The present invention relates to a recording medium a method and an apparatus for generating virtual teeth and recording media storing a program performing the method. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for generating virtual teeth includes (a) acquiring a tooth image having three-dimensional information from teeth including a damaged tooth; (b) determining an image of a virtual tooth to be inserted into a position of the damaged tooth in a tooth image library having predetermined three-dimensional information and inserting the determined virtual tooth image into the acquired tooth image; and (c) modifying the virtual tooth image by considering tooth images positioned at upper and lower sides or right and left sides of the virtual tooth image. According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to produce a prosthesis most suitable for the state of patient's teeth only once and an operator can minimize post-processing of the produced prosthesis.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2009Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: E-Woo Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Heon Joo Kim, Jae Doc Kim, Sung Kuk Kim
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Publication number: 20130010930Abstract: An electronic cassette that is equipped with a drive mechanism capable of accommodating a radiation detection section respectively in two casings and that is capable of changing the surface area of the radiation detection section to be externally exposed and the exposure position on the radiation detection section. Deterioration of the radiation detection section from radiation can be distributed due to control such that the same exposure position is not repeatedly employed. An electronic cassette is accordingly provided that does not suffer from uneven effects of deterioration from radiation within a single sheet radiation detection section even with repeated use.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Naoyuki Nishinou, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
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Patent number: 7972059Abstract: An X-ray cover for enveloping an X-ray cassette. The cover comprises a first sheet of non-plastic material and a second sheet of non-plastic material. The cover further comprises a cushion element integrally distributed throughout the first sheet and the second sheet wherein the first sheet and second sheet are sized and shaped to accept the X-ray cassette and wherein the cushion element is sized and shaped to cushion the patient's body part during an X-ray procedure.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Inventor: Sherry Behle
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Patent number: 7959355Abstract: A method and apparatus including an intraoral dental X-ray electronic sensor facing an x-ray source and connected to a signal processing unit that allows taking and storing multiple x-ray images even without the unit to be connected to database computer. The processing unit has a memory that may be equipped with energy source and the unit is mounted on the sensor holder and can be easily removed from it. The images from the memory can be downloaded into a database using standard serial digital interfaces during or after the image acquisition.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2006Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Inventor: George Stantchev
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Patent number: 7954996Abstract: A positioning system for imaging devices is provided. The positioning system includes an imaging element and a tilting arm support having the imaging element coupled thereto. The tilting arm support includes a linkage to tilt the imaging element when the tilting arm support moves.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2008Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jonathan Boomgaarden, Matthew Aaron Halsmer
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Patent number: 7954997Abstract: A modified grid cabinet or “bucky” assembly intended for use with a digital imaging system and dimensioned and structured to retrofit a conventional film type x-ray device originally intended for use in combination with a conventional film bucky. The bucky assembly includes a frame having an at least partially hollow interior and a tray movably connected to the frame and slidably positionable between an outwardly extending open position and an inwardly disposed closed position. The tray is structured to support and position a digital sensor into an imaging position relative to the operative image capturing components of the digital imaging system. The tray includes a retaining assembly disposed and structured to removably retain the digital sensor in any a plurality of operative orientations including a portrait orientation and a landscape orientation.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2010Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Virtual Imaging, Inc.Inventor: Edward Thomas Thieman
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Patent number: 7942576Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjusting positioner for a radiation device, comprising: a clamping device detachably connected to the radiation device to clamp said radiation device; a supporter to which said clamping device is connected and a slide path is defined therebetween, wherein the clamping device clamping said radiation device is movable along said slide path in a predetermined direction; and an adjusting device coupled with said clamping device so as to drive said clamping device to move along said slide path. Since the present invention employs above technical solution, it is easy to adjust the position of the radiation device for example, X-ray device, so that the precisely positioning for the radiation device is achieved and a satisfying positioning accuracy is able to obtain.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2009Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignees: Tsinghua University, Nuctech Company LimitedInventors: Ziran Zhao, Yuanjing Li, Wanlong Wu, Yulan Li, Xilei Luo, Bin Sang, Zhimin Zheng, Shuo Cao, Hailin Wang
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Patent number: 7909510Abstract: A radiation photographing apparatus includes: a housing in which an opening portion for allowing ventilation of the inside of the housing with ambient air is formed at a side surface of the housing; a covering member provided at the side surface of the housing, that is made of an elastic material which absorbs impact acting from the outside of the housing, and covers the opening portion; and an opening and closing mechanism that opens and closes the covering member with respect to the opening portion is provided so deterioration of constituent components caused by external impact and heat is suppressed with a small number of components.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2009Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yasunori Ohta, Naoyuki Nishino
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Publication number: 20100272240Abstract: A device for non-destructive testing of objects, particularly pipes in oil refineries, having a first positioning device for positioning a collimator including a radioactive radiation source near an object to be tested, and a second positioning device for positioning a film carrier near the object to be tested. The first positioning device may be anchored or placed with a lower end on a substantially flat base surface, wherein the collimator is attached to the opposite, upper end of the first positioning device. Before the exposure, the radiation source may be guided towards the collimator via a delivery tube such that no radiation is able to be emitted from the device during the placement of the first positioning device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2008Publication date: October 28, 2010Inventor: David Robb Cochrane
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Publication number: 20100232574Abstract: Disclosed herein are a rail system and an X-ray imaging apparatus using the same. The rail system includes a rail unit, a detecting unit and an X-ray generating unit. The rail unit is provided on a support surface and extends for a predetermined length. The detecting unit is provided on the rail unit and includes a detector stand which is provided on the rail unit so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the rail unit, a detector arm which has a bent structure and is provided on a side surface of the detector stand so as to be movable upwards and downwards, and a detector which is rotatably coupled to the detector arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2009Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: Medien International Co., Ltd.Inventor: Pan Soon Ahn
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Publication number: 20100195803Abstract: A radiographic securing and positioning apparatus has a support structure having a securing portion and a mounting portion. The securing portion includes a base configured to support a radiographic receptor on one side and securing extensions configured to support a radiographic receptor on at least one set of opposing surfaces. The mounting portion may also support the securing portion for mounting the apparatus to a table.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: J2 Medical Solutions LLCInventors: Jarrid L. Henderson, Jeremy B. Hoover