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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Trophy, Croissy-Beaubourg, FR;
Inventors:
Yann Lecuyer, Paris, FR;
Olivier Martino, Marne la Vallee, FR;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/14 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/14 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/0428 (2013.01); A61B 6/0492 (2013.01);
Abstract
A patient positioning apparatus for an extra-oral imaging system that includes a support base adjustable in at least one dimension and a cephalometric module coupled to the support base and configured to position a cephalometric imaging sensor about an imaging area formed with an x-ray source, where x-rays from the x-ray source impinge the cephalometric sensor after radiating the imaging area. A patient positioning unit is positioned operatively near the imaging area, and a retractable Frankfort plane positioning indicator and methods for using the same are provided.