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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1981
Anthony Palermo, South Euclid, OH (US);
Anton Z Zupancic, Kirtland, OH (US);
Picker Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
Apparatus is disclosed for providing electrical energy to orbital components of a computed tomography (CT) scanning unit. The apparatus includes a number of high voltage slip rings immersed in an insulating dielectric material. Each slip ring contacts a stationary brush biased to contact the slip ring to insure maintenance of a low resistance path between a stationary source of high potential and a cathode and anode pair of an orbital X-ray tube. A number of low voltage slip rings are further included to facilitate transmission of low voltages to other orbital components of the CT unit. The apparatus is of a compact light-weight design and is mounted to tilt certain components about an axis which intersects a patient's torso to provide CT scanning flexibility.