Did You Know...
...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047715 | Multiple rotation C-arm Current C-arm examination devices are not capable of performing 360 degrees rotations. The reason for this is that the cabling which connects the external cabinets to the detector, collimator and x-ray tube does not allow for such a rotation. According to an exempla... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8033724 | Rapid assembly and operation of an X-ray imaging system Methods and systems for X-ray imaging are disclosed. An X-ray imaging system includes an X-ray tube to generate X-rays and a detector array to capture scattered X-rays. A rotational collimator directs the X-rays at an object under inspection. Rotational mechanisms r... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8025440 | Carriage with pivoted brace for a cable connection A carriage that can be attached to and move on a rail is provided. The carriage has a contact area that supports a cable connection, for example, for a power supply. An end section of the contact area is designed so as to fold down on removal of a pressure exerted b... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8002464 | Device for guiding a cable The invention relates to a device for guiding at least one cable between a first system component connected to the cable and a second system component which is relatively rotatable and/or displaceable with respect to the first and is connected to the cable, whereby ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7985023 | Medical examination device A medical examination device is provided. At least some of the supply lines used to operate the examination device are routed from above to the examination device, with the supply lines being arranged on a gallows which is mounted rotatably on a rail-guided carriage... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7878709 | Retaining apparatus for retaining a flexible connecting element on a device A retaining apparatus having a fastening element for fastening to a device, a first retaining element which is arranged on the fastening element in such a manner that it can be pivoted about a first axis, and a second retaining element which is arranged in such a ma... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7815371 | X-ray emitter The invention relates to an X-ray emitter 1 comprising an X-ray tube 2 disposed in an oil-tight housing 3 containing a high-tension transformer 2.1, wherein an electrical supply line 4 for the heater voltage for X-ray tube 2... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7703979 | Radiation device for human body inspection Disclosed is a radiation device for the human body inspection. The device includes a X-ray generator for radiating radiation; a detector for receiving the radiation radiated from the X-ray generator; a first flexible member connected with the X-ray generator for hoi... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7654738 | Cable guiding for a ceiling support of an X-ray device The invention relates to a ceiling support system for a movable component (7) of a diagnostic X-ray device (1). The system comprises a horizontally movable carriage (8), a crane (9) attached to the carriage (8), which crane (9 | 02/02/2010 |
| 7635221 | Mechanically flexible X-ray imaging system An X-ray imaging system includes a joint enabling rotation of an X-ray device rotatable arm unrestricted by cabling. An X-ray imaging system usable in medical interventional procedures includes a rotatable arm. A rotatable arm includes an X-ray radiation emitting de... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7604403 | X-ray irradiating apparatus and X-ray imaging system An X-ray irradiating apparatus includes an X-ray tube attached to a front end of a column suspended from a carriage, the carriage being displaceable along a rail parallel to a ceiling. The X-ray irradiating apparatus includes a power supply cable fixed at one end th... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7553080 | Grounded rotating anode x-ray tube housing An improved rotating anode x-ray tube housing is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment: a single cable, insulated with Ethylene-Propylene Rubber (“EPR”), has an extended Federal Standard terminal or plug mounted within an extended Federal Standard receptacle, a... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7236570 | Semi-permeable diaphragm sealing system A sealing system is disclosed for preventing liquid escape from the reservoir of an apparatus, such as an x-ray tube, that utilizes a diaphragm for maintaining constant liquid pressure in the reservoir. The sealing system of embodiments of the present invention cont... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7106829 | X-ray tube, x-ray generator, and inspection system An x-ray emitting window is formed at a front end face, and a taper surface tilted with respect to the x-ray emitting direction is formed near the emitting window, whereby an object to be inspected can be prevented from abutting against the front end face even if th... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7039154 | Folded array CT baggage scanner A reduced size CT scanner for baggage inspection has a wide angle x-ray source and multiple sets of detectors at different distances from the x-ray source. The detectors in each set are sized and positioned to maintain consistent pitch and flux levels among all dete... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6814488 | Oil expansion compensation method for integrated X-ray generator An object of the present invention is to provide an X-ray generator capable of compensating for the volume expansion of an insulating oil without the necessity of labor-intensive maintenance. A tubular body is included to penetrate through a tank that is sealed whil... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6542577 | Hermetically sealed stator cord for x-ray tube applications A connection device (70) provides electrical connection between a stator motor (50) of an x-ray tube and a stator cord (56). The connection device is connected with the x-ray tube housing (30) by threading a threaded portion (80) into a corresponding thre... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6508586 | IVR-CT apparatus An IVR-CT apparatus of the present invention includes a bed including a table top movable in its longitudinal direction, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus including an arm movably placed in the vicinity of the bed, an X-ray CT apparatus including a CT gantry ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6494618 | High voltage receptacle for x-ray tubes The present invention provides devices for improved radiation attenuation in devices which generate x-ray radiation. A high voltage receptacle is disclosed, the receptacle being adapted to accommodate a high voltage connector to supply power to an x-ray t... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6485176 | Inspection system with rho-theta x-ray source transport system Inspection systems with rho-theata x-ray source motion for inspection of populated printed circuit boards and the like. The inspection systems include a transport system for transporting articles to be inspected into and out of the inspection system. An x... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6327327 | Multi-channel segmented slip ring A computerized tomography system includes a stationary section (A) and a rotating section electrically linked by at least one interconnecting slip ring (D). On one side the slip ring (D) is configured as a series of electrically conductive segments (20A-2... | 12/04/2001 |
| 5980107 | Apparatus having means for the transmission of electrical energy and/or of signals An apparatus has an arrangement for the transmission, via conductors, of electrical energy and/or signals from an apparatus part to electrical devices which are displaceable relative to the apparatus part. The arrangement has a rotatable reel onto which a... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5483957 | Medical apparatus with cables extending between rotatable parts Medical apparatus includes a stand with an approximately L-shaped arm having a first portion (1) and a second portion (3) which extends approximately perpendicularly to the first portion and a free end of which supports at least one medical apparatus (7, ... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5450466 | Radiographic apparatus having a C-shaped arm for supporting an x-ray tube and an image receiving unit A radiographic apparatus includes a C-shaped arm for supporting an X-ray tube at one end thereof and an image receiving unit at the other end, and an arm holder for slidably supporting the C-shaped arm for rotation about a center of an arc thereof. The ar... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5438603 | Device for radiography without the use of film A radiographic device for testing the welds of elongate, welded hollow bodies of metal without the use of film includes a liquid-cooled X-ray tube movable axially within the hollow body being tested and an X-ray image converter situated in the region irra... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5436461 | Medical apparatus having a C-arm and a cable guide A medical apparatus has a C-arm which carries a radiation transmitter, and which is adjustably held by a mount so as to be movable along the circumference of the C-arm. The mount engages guideways which are provided at a rear side of the C-arm. The C-arm ... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5339350 | X-ray apparatus comprising wheels provided with cable deflector An X-ray apparatus includes a frame (1, 3, 5) which supports at least an X-ray source (7) and an X-ray detector (9) and is attached to a base (13) which is provided with wheels (19, 21) enabling displacement of the apparatus on an approximately horizontal... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5231653 | X-ray diagnostics installation A transmission link which couples data from a mobile x-ray apparatus to image electronics is provided with a data coupling, and a data plug is allocated to the x-ray apparatus and a data socket is allocated to the image electronics, such that data may be ... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5220588 | Low inertia brush block assembly The power brush block assembly (26) and a communication signal brush block assembly (28) are mounted to a rotating gantry portion (20) of a CT scanner in sliding communication with a stationary slip ring (16). The power communication brush block includes ... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5132999 | Inductive X-ray tube high voltage transient suppression An X-ray imaging system includes an vacuum tube, which is biased by a high voltage power supply connected to the tube by two shielded cables. The cables collectively have a plurality of conductors which are coupled at one end to the high voltage power sup... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5008912 | X-ray tube high voltage cable transient suppression An X-ray imaging system includes an X-ray tube, which is biased by a high voltage power supply connected to the tube by one or two shielded cables which have a characteristic impedance. The cables are coupled to the X-ray tube by a resistance which is sub... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4877973 | Apparatus for dealing with cables in industrial robots An apparatus for guiding a cable of an industrial robot having a support casing and a swivel casing axially supported by a swivel shaft bearing includes a cable guide. The guide has an end of an upper arm axially supported on a swivel axis inside the swiv... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4816617 | Cable handling system A cable handling system for routing a group of cables to a rotatable hub having an arm extending therefrom has a sleeve which partitions the group of cables into side-by-side subgroups. The sleeve is flexible and allows the cables to slide and flex within... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4802197 | Mobile X-ray examination unit The invention relates to a mobile X-ray examination unit including a C-bend that carries an X-radiator and a radiation receiver at its ends and that is displaceably seated on a carriage which includes a horizontally disposed boom, whereby the C-bend is di... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4769832 | Isocentric examination stand An isocentric examination stand for radio-logical examinations of a patient comprising a cradle in the form of an arc of a circle which is circularly displaceable, a cradle support, an X-ray source and a radiation detector, the cradle being composed of me... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4646333 | CT scanner An X-ray CT scanner contains a cable-handling device provided with a ring-shaped housing for receiving a cable member. A plurality of rollers are interposed between a rotatable inner peripheral and a fixed outer peripheral member of the ring-shaped housin... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4397032 | Cable guide, as well as medical apparatus provided with such a cable guide A cable guide for X-ray scanners includes a guide roller which rolls between concentric parallel sectors of drums, one end of the cable being fastened to one drum and passing around the roller.... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4366577 | Computed tomography system cable retractor A cable retractor for a computed tomography scanner that is driven with a motor and a belt through two revolutions between clockwise and counterclockwise limits about a horizontal axis. An inner drum is fixed on the scanner for rotation therewith and a st... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4343996 | Medical apparatus with cable guide A cable guide for X-ray scanners includes an elastomer-coated guide roller which rolls between concentric, parallel drums one end of the cable being fastened to one drum and passing around the roller.... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4288700 | Cable handling device for diagnostic x-ray apparatus A device for handling a group of cables running to medical x-ray equipment that is movable in all degrees of freedom comprises: A vertical axle mounted overhead; a boom swingable in a horizontal plane on the axle; a housing on the axle having openings for... | 09/08/1981 |
