Class 378/184 - Flexible

Subclass of Class 378 - X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices
Definition: Subject matter wherein the cassette is not rigid.
No. of patents: 32
Last issue date: 04/17/2012

Number	Title	Issue Date
8157443	Radiograph cassette cover The disposable radiograph cassette cover is formed of two sheets of x-ray transparent pliable material having a low coefficient of friction to facilitate sliding the cover and contained cassette beneath a patient for the radiography procedure. The cover includes dis...	04/17/2012
7358502	Devices, systems, and methods for imaging Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a system, which can comprise an imaging plate. The imaging plate can be exposable by an x-ray source. The imaging plate can be configured to be used in digital radiographic imaging. The imaging plate can comprise a phosphor-bas...	04/15/2008
7348588	Apparatus and process for retrieving information projected image-wise on a reusable storage film and erasing and restoring the storage film for subsequent reuse These and other objects of the present invention are achieved by an apparatus and process for evaluating an image-wise exposed storage film positioned about a cylindrically-shaped member and linearly passed a cylindrically-shaped slot for interrogation by a light be...	03/25/2008
7295721	Positional control of flexible storage phosphor media during image scan A storage phosphor reader. The reader comprises a first roller pair, a cylindrical scan platen, a guide member, and a holding member. The first roller pair transport a storage phosphor medium along a path in a first direction. The cylindrical scan platen supports th...	11/13/2007
7087917	Apparatus and process for retrieving information projected image-wise on a reusable storage film These and other objects of the present invention are achieved by an apparatus and process for evaluating an image-wise exposed storage film positioned about a cylindrically-shaped member and linearly passed a cylindrically-shaped slot for interrogation by a light be...	08/08/2006
7053396	Apparatus and process for retrieving information projected image-wise on a reusable storage film restoring same There is disclosed an apparatus and process having positioning surface for a reusable storage film having information projected image-wise therein wherein the image-wise containing storage film is advanced by a transportation assembly through an information retrieva...	05/30/2006
6599014	Device for reading flexible storage foils A device for reading flexible storage foils. The devices includes a foil support, a reading light source which provides a reading light beam which has a wave length suitable to excite metastable storage centers of the storage foil. Drive mechanisms are em...	07/29/2003
6588592	Light-tight film package A package for enclosing a plurality of sheets. The package comprises a pouch adapted to receive the plurality of sheets, a leader, and a closure member. The pouch comprises a leading end and a trailing end opposite the leading end. The trailing end is ope...	07/08/2003
5924571	Reclosable film package A reclosable film package consisting of a filmpack (17) and a rectangular tuck-end carton (10) enclosing the filmpack and having a top opening (13) closable by means of a top flap (14) having a flap extension (15) which can be tucked into the body of the ...	07/20/1999
5881323	Instant photo film pack and instant camera for use with the same An instant photo film pack contains has a light-tight bag, which contains a stack of ten photo film units of a self-processing type in a light-tight manner. The light-tight bag has a bag component constituted by one belt-shaped sheet, and a tab projecting...	03/09/1999
5712486	Flexible cassette for holding storage phosphor screen An opaque, generally flat flexible cassette is provided which receives and holds a storage phosphor screen while the screen is radiographed. The cassette has sufficient flexibility to be wrapped around an object to be radiographed. The cassette has a ligh...	01/27/1998
5633113	Mass transfer imaging media and methods of making and using the same An image media assembly comprising: a donor element, a receptor element, and means for maintaining at least the elements in a predetermined position wherein one element overlies the element, said means including a vacuum present between the elements....	05/27/1997
5583343	Flexible nuclear medicine camera and method of using A nuclear medicine camera 10 and method of use photographically record radioactive decay particles emitted from a source, for example a small, previously undetectable breast cancer, inside a patient. The camera 10 includes a flexible frame 20 containing a...	12/10/1996
5377835	Reclosable film package A reclosable film package (10) with a pack (15) of film sheet wrapped in a light-tight bag with an egress flap (16) folded back on the stack and having a light-tight seal (17) near its free end, and a rectangular carton (11) for enclosing the pack made fr...	01/03/1995
5257697	Package for sheets of photosensitive material A package for enclosing a plurality of sheets of a photosensitive material. The package comprises a pouch for enclosing the sheets and a leader secured at one end of the pouch for removing the pouch from the sheets placed therein. The pouch includes a fir...	11/02/1993
5199569	Package for sheets of X-ray film A package for a stack of X-ray film sheets has a pouch and a leader secured to the pouch. Heat seals secure side edge portions of the leader to edges of outer faces of sheets forming the pouch. Rows of perforations and slits in the leader adjacent the hea...	04/06/1993
5139148	Daylight-loading film sheet package A daylight loading film sheet package has a stack of film sheets enclosed within a wrapper having front and rear panels covering the front and rear faces of the film stack and projecting side extensions on at least three sides of the panels which are fold...	08/18/1992
5091928	Lead and lead oxide screens for use with x-ray films An improved intensifying lead screen for use with photographic, industrial X-ray films. This screen comprises a lead foil or lead oxide adhesively applied to a polyester support and optionally contains an overcoat or protective layer thereon....	02/25/1992
5025164	Antistatic lead screens for use with x-ray films An improved intensifying lead screen for use with photographic, industrial X-ray films, having a low propensity to produce electrostatic changes, is described. This screen comprises a lead foil adhesively applied to a polyester support with an overcoat or...	06/18/1991
5018183	X-ray film magazine An x-ray film magazine has a housing and a cover which in combination form an interior volume having an approximately C-shaped cross section, which receives a number of sheets of x-ray film in a stack made to conform to the C-shaped cross section. A foil ...	05/21/1991
4949371	Flexible interoperative X-ray cassette An x-ray film cassette is provided which is formed in two mating pieces that snap together to form a sealed cassette. The pieces are formed of a soft, flexible material such as rubber or plastic and can be sterilized. An inside surface of the two pieces i...	08/14/1990
4922511	Dental film packet A comfort-enhancing improvement upon a known dental film packet having sensitized film and protection opaque sheets enclosed by a light-tight envelope that includes an opposed pair of generally parallel walls covering the sheets, those walls being joined ...	05/01/1990
4852143	Oral X-ray packet cushion and packet embodying the same A cushioned oral X-ray plate packet as well as a cushion for use with an X-ray plate packet are provided. The cushion is made of compressed cellulose sponge material which expands in thickness when moistened. A cushion wrap is also disclosed for controlli...	07/25/1989
4813063	Photographic cassette An improved photographic cassette is disclosed having a pressure plate adjacent a rear cover wall thereof provided with laterally extending tabs on opposite side edges thereof. The cassette further has a floating plate adjacent a front cover wall which is...	03/14/1989
4763346	Photographic cassette and method of dispensing An improved photographic cassette in which the plate and screen adjacent the front cover on the tube side of the cassette is unsecured to the front cover; that is, free floating, thereby achieving more uniform sheet-to-plate contact throughout the entire ...	08/09/1988
4756014	Dental X-ray diagnostics installation An x-ray diagnostic installation for producing panoramic tomograms of the jaw of a patient utilizes a flexible film cassette instead of a rigid film cassette. The film cassette is driven by an electromotive drive arranged in a housing of a film cassette h...	07/05/1988
4506788	Magnetic cassette for radiographic film material A radiographic film cassette having a plurality of magnet components integral with the cassette holder for adhering the cassette to ferrous material in X-raying for defects in welds or fissures in shipyards, pipe lines, or the like. What is provided is a ...	03/26/1985
4499381	Means for converting X-rays into radiation which darkens X-ray films A laminate for conversion of X-rays into radiation that darkens X-ray films has a flexible plate which is disposed between a fluorescent layer and a ferromagnetic layer. The latter enables the plate and the fluorescent layer to bear against an X-ray film ...	02/12/1985
4399363	Means for converting X-rays into radiation which darkens X-ray films A laminate for conversion of X-rays into radiation that darkens X-ray films has a flexible plate which is disposed between a fluorescent layer and a ferromagnetic layer. The latter enables the plate and the fluorescent layer to bear against an X-ray film ...	08/16/1983
4063101	Package for films A package intended for packaging industrial X-ray film in strip form is provided. It is particularly intended for X-ray examination of pipe-welds on the spot whereby the packaged film material is placed in a screw-like configuration around the weld to be ...	12/13/1977
3958693	Vacuum X-ray envelope An opaque vinyl envelope having facing polished inner surfaces and an open edge into which an intensifier screen and X-ray film are inserted. The other three edges are completely sealed except for a valve at one edge. Reinforcing strips are attached along...	05/25/1976
3952204	Film holder for radiographing tubing A film cassette is provided which may be easily placed about tubing or piping and readily held in place while radiographic inspection is performed. A pair of precurved light-impervious semi-rigid plastic sheets, hinged at one edge, enclose sheet film toge...	04/20/1976

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Class 378/184 - Flexible