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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:
Nov. 12, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
William O'Neill, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James R Warne, Washington, PA (US);
Assignee:
Hologic, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1286531 ; 378 55 ; 378197 ;
Abstract
A method of scanning the spine of a patient in which radiation is directed through the spine from a source and received by a detector to measure bone density of the spine. Multidirectional scanning is accomplished by rotating the radiation source and detector about the spine of the patient being scanned to provide both A-P and lateral scanning for imaging and bone density measurements.