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Publication Number
US-12376810-B1
Publication Date
2025-08-05
Expiration Date
Abstract
A mobile C-arm radiographic imaging system provides a rigid C shaped support arm for securing an x-ray source and an x-ray detector in a fixed spatial relationship relative to each other. A mobile base supports the rigid support arm using an articulating segmented arm attached to the base and to the rigid support arm. The articulating arm comprises three pivot mechanisms configured to manually translate the support arm relative to the base and to manually rotate the support arm relative to the base about any one or more of three different vertical axes.
Core Innovation
The invention provides a mobile radiographic imaging system in which a C shaped arm or rigid support arm is supported by a base and is manually movable relative to the base. An articulating assembly attached to the base and to the arm is configured to enable manual translation of the arm in a first plane or along a horizontal plane.
The articulating assembly includes three pivot mechanisms or three rotational axes, all simultaneously perpendicular to the first plane or positioned in a parallel vertical orientation. The pivot mechanisms are configured to rotate about only one corresponding vertical axis, and only one corresponding rigid arm is able to rotate about each axis.
The system secures an x-ray source and an x-ray detector in a fixed spatial relationship relative to each other, with the detector and source spaced to allow a patient to be positioned therebetween. The configuration prevents coaxial alignment between any two of the rotational axes and enables manual translation while maintaining the fixed spatial relationship.
Claims Coverage
The document includes three independent claims. Across the independent claims, the inventive features center on a mobile radiographic imaging system using an articulating assembly with three distinct rotational axes to enable manual translation along a horizontal plane or first plane while maintaining a fixed spatial relationship between an x-ray source and an x-ray detector.
Three pivot mechanisms with three separate rotational axes perpendicular to the first plane
An articulating assembly including three pivot mechanisms having three separate rotational axes all simultaneously perpendicular to the first plane, where each pivot mechanism comprises only one of the three separate rotational axes perpendicular to the first plane and enables only one of the rigid arms attached thereto to rotate about a corresponding one of the three separate rotational axes.
Rigid support arm with fixed spatial relationship x-ray source and detector; three pivot mechanisms about different vertical axes
A rigid support arm securing an x-ray source and an x-ray detector in a fixed spatial relationship relative to each other, and a base with an articulating arm comprising three pivot mechanisms each fixed to rotate only horizontally about one of three different vertical axes, configured to manually translate the rigid support arm along a horizontal plane by rotating any one or more of the three pivot mechanisms, wherein the three pivot mechanisms are each configured to rotate about only one of the three different vertical axes.
Three parallel vertical rotational axes with three rigid segments separately rotatable to manually translate horizontally
A rigid support arm for securing an x-ray source and an x-ray detector spaced to allow a patient to be positioned therebetween, and a base with an articulating arm comprising three rotational axes all simultaneously positioned in a parallel vertical orientation, wherein the articulating arm is configured to manually translate the rigid support arm horizontally and further comprises three rigid segments configured to each be separately rotatable about one of the three parallel vertical axes.
Across the independent claims, the coverage centers on a mobile radiographic imaging system with a rigid C shaped arm or rigid support arm holding an x-ray source and detector in fixed spatial relationship, and an articulating assembly using three pivot mechanisms or rotational axes arranged to enable manual translation along a horizontal plane while constraining which arm segment rotates about which axis.
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