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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:
Dec. 05, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gilbert W McKenna, Revere, MA (US);
Assignee:
Analogic Corporation, Peabody, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378-4 ; 378 15 ;
Abstract
An improved X-ray tomography system having an X-ray source, X-ray detector assembly and support means including a frame supporting a rotatable drum on which at least the source is mounted for rotation in a scanning plane about an axis of rotation. The rotatable drum is supported for centerless rotation on a cradle formed by resilient rollers, with the top half of the drum free to expand or contract as a result of temperature changes. The rollers are resilient so as to dampen vibration transfer between the frame and drum.