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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:
Jul. 28, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Elscint, Ltd., Haifa, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378 15 ; 378 19 ; 378196 ; 250551 ;
Abstract
An optical communication link coupling a rotating part of a gantry of a computerized tomographic scanner to the stationary part of the gantry. The link comprises an arcuate hollow light conductor having one part rotating with the rotor of the gantry and the other part fixed to the stator of the gantry. Signal bearing light beams are transmitted into the link and are subsequently received from the link after transversing at least a portion theroef.