Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Jay L. Chaskan
  • Adjustable collimator and method
    Patent number: 6788764
    Abstract: A collimator for X-ray apparatus has an aperture defined by the edges of four movable flexible shutters. Each shutter can be moved independently of the other shutters; thus, the position and the size of the aperture can be adjusted at will. The shutters are moved by winding them onto drums; each drum is driven by a stepping motor. Springs bias the shutters towards the closed position of the collimator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Saladin, Serge Louis Muller, Luc Gabriel Miotti