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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. 29, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Levy, Burlington, MA (US);
Steven Caney, Center Harbor, NH (US);
Francis X Hines, Jr, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378170 ; 378168 ; 378205 ;
Abstract
A film positioning system for dental X-ray and digital radiography procedures including a number of film or digital sensor carriers (bite wing, anterior, etc) each including a film or sensor holder on one end and an extending attachment rod, and an X-ray tube aiming device including an attachment rod holder, the attachment rod and the attachment rod holder keyed to correctly align the film holder with respect to an X-ray cone or tube. One example includes a non-equilateral pentagon shaped rod holder receptacle and a non-equilateral pentagon shaped attachment rod.