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Self shielded computerized tomographic scanner

US4977585A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 5, 1989
Grant dateDec 11, 1990
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Expiry dateApr 5, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B6/107
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A compact computerized tomographic x-ray scanner having a patient tunnel in which the walls and the ends of the patient tunnel include shielding material to form a shielded enclosure in which the patient body portion is scanned.

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