Portable medical imaging system and method

US11883217B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Globus Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Norbert Johnson · North Andover, US
• Robert Stevens · North Chelmsford, US
• Hisham Salem · Newton, US
• Yuan Cheng · Andover, US
• David Cleary · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 5, 2018
• Grant date: Jan 30, 2024
• Expiry date: Nov 5, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B6/56
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A portable medical imaging system and method, of which the system includes a movable station having a movable C-arm, an imaging signal transmitter attached to the movable C-arm, and an imaging sensor positioned generally opposite to the imaging signal transmitter and attached to the movable c-arm. The imaging sensor is configured to rotate relative to a point approximately on a center axis of the movable C-arm independently of the imaging signal transmitter, so as to change an angle of incidence for a signal transmitted from the imaging signal transmitter to the imaging sensor, and provide a field-of-view that is larger than the field-of-view of the imaging sensor at a single position.