Patent · US Expired

X-ray apparatus

US4024401A · kind A · utility

77Cited by
3References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 4, 1976
Grant dateMay 17, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 4, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B6/587
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

X-ray apparatus includes a floor mounted enclosure, a patient supporting table on the enclosure, an X-ray tube casing mounted for angulating in the enclosure, X-ray imaging devices unitarily supported for angulating on a cantilever arm located above the table, and an extensible and contractible and optionally removable link arm for coupling the tube casing and image devices, respectively, to enable their coordinate longitudinal angulation or selectively to enable maintaining the X-ray tube and imaging devices in a fixed vertical relationship.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.