Mini C-arm assembly for mobile X-ray imaging system

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PATENT NO 5627873
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08511873

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A C-arm apparatus. An X-ray imaging system is coupled to a C-arm, including an X-ray source and an image receptor mounted upon opposing locations, respectively on the C-arm. The C-arm is mass balanced about its axis of orbital rotation and is pivotally coupled to an articulating arm assembly supported upon a wheeled support base. The mass balance enables repositioning of the X-ray imaging system between an anterior-posterior view and an orthogonal lateral view with a single, orbital movement of the C-arm which also causes the views to define an imaging isocenter. The C-arm is preferably miniaturized to an approximate diameter of twenty-eight inches with a source-to-image distance of approximately fourteen inches.

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GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LLC300 NORTH GRANDVIEW BOULEVARD WAUKESHA WI 53188

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barker, David E Salt Lake City, UT 6 254
Erickson, Blain C Summit Park, UT 1 182
Hanover, Barry K Salt Lake City, UT 23 2090
Riches, Ross A Sandy, UT 4 226
Weston, Lonnie B Clearfield, UT 6 268

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