Portable C-arm with attachable control stand
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Publication Number
US-12376811-B1
Publication Date
2025-08-05
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Abstract
A C-arm radiographic imaging system for capturing radiographic images of an object has a wheeled base for transporting the system. A separate wheeled control stand is digitally and communicatively coupled to the C-arm. The control stand includes at least one monitor for displaying a GUI configured to provide operational controls for a user to operate the C-arm radiographic imaging system. The control stand is configured to straddle a lower end of the C-arm in a docked configuration to enable the C-arm, the wheeled base and the control stand to be rollably transported as a unit.
Core Innovation
The disclosed invention relates to a portable or mobile C-arm radiographic imaging system for capturing radiographic images of an object. The system includes a C shaped arm with an x-ray source and a digital radiographic detector attached to opposing ends of the C shaped arm, and a wheeled base attached to the C shaped arm for transporting the C shaped arm. The invention addresses the configuration of a wheeled control stand that is digitally and communicatively coupled to the C shaped arm for operation of the system.
A central aspect is that the wheeled control stand is mechanically configured for docking so it straddles one of the opposing ends of the C shaped arm in a docked configuration. The wheeled control stand has a recessed opening at a bottom side, enabling the control stand to straddle the opposing end while coupled to the C shaped arm. In this docked configuration, the C shaped arm, the wheeled base, and the control stand are transported together as a single rollably transported unit.
In related embodiments, the invention is also expressed as a radiographic imaging system with a rigid support arm that secures an x-ray source and an x-ray detector in a fixed spatial relationship. A wheeled control stand is compactly configured to straddle a lower end of the rigid support arm in a docked configuration, while the wheeled base and control stand are simultaneously rollably transported as a unit.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims in the provided set are clm-00001 and clm-00006 and clm-00012. The claims center on a rollably transportable radiographic imaging system with a wheeled control stand configured to dock by straddling a lower end or opposing end of the arm support, with electrical or digital coupling to operate imaging functions.
Docked straddling control stand with recessed opening for unit transport
The wheeled control stand is configured with a recessed opening at a bottom side such that the wheeled control stand straddles one of the two opposing ends of the C shaped arm in a docked configuration to enable the C shaped arm, the wheeled base and the control stand to be rollably transported as a unit.
C shaped arm with x-ray source and digital radiographic detector on opposing ends
A C shaped arm comprising an x-ray source and a digital radiographic detector each attached to one of two opposing ends of the C shaped arm.
Digitally and communicatively coupled wheeled control stand providing GUI operational controls
A wheeled control stand digitally and communicatively coupled to the C shaped arm, the wheeled control stand comprising at least one monitor for displaying a graphical user interface configured to provide operational controls for a user to operate the C-arm radiographic imaging system.
Rigid support arm with fixed spatial relationship x-ray source and x-ray detector
A rigid support arm for securing an x-ray source and an x-ray detector in a fixed spatial relationship relative to each other.
Electrically coupled wheeled control stand controlling system operations
A wheeled control stand electrically coupled to the x-ray source and the x-ray detector, the wheeled control stand configured to control operations of the radiographic imaging system.
Compact straddling docked configuration for simultaneous unit transport
The wheeled control stand is configured to compactly straddle a lower end of the rigid support arm in a docked configuration for rollably transporting the rigid support arm, the wheeled base and the wheeled control stand simultaneously as a unit.
Processing system in wheeled control stand for controlling radiographic imaging operations
A wheeled control stand electrically coupled to the x-ray source and the DR detector, the wheeled control stand comprising a processing system configured to control operations of the radiographic imaging system.
Straddling lower end for rollably transporting base and control stand as a unit
The wheeled control stand is configured to straddle a lower end of the rigid support arm for rollably transporting the rigid support arm, the wheeled base and the wheeled control stand simultaneously as a unit.
Across the independent claims, the inventive coverage is centered on a wheeled control stand that docks by straddling a lower end or opposing end of the arm support, enabling the arm support and control stand to be rollably transported simultaneously as a unit. The system is further defined by the arm structure carrying an x-ray source and a digital radiographic detector in a fixed spatial relationship and by control functionality provided through a GUI, monitor, or processing system that is electrically or digitally coupled to the x-ray source and detector.
Stated Advantages
Enables the C shaped arm, the wheeled base and the control stand to be rollably transported as a unit.
Enables the rigid support arm, the wheeled base and the wheeled control stand to be transported simultaneously as a unit.
Provides operational controls for a user to operate the C-arm radiographic imaging system via a GUI displayed on at least one monitor.
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