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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoharu Okuno, Kyoto, JP;
Shinji Hamasaki, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4482 (2013.01); A61B 6/00 (2013.01); A61B 6/105 (2013.01); A61B 6/4464 (2013.01);
Abstract
This holding mechanism () for an X-ray imaging apparatus includes a switching means () that switches between a state of permitting movement of a moving body () including an X-ray tube () or an X-ray detector () and a state of prohibiting the movement, a force direction detection means () that detects a direction of a force applied to a moving mechanism (), and a permission direction determination means () that determines a direction in which the movement is permitted by the switching means among a plurality of directions based on a detected direction of the force.