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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:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward G. Solomon, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Douglas D. Elliott, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Brian Skillicorn, late of Saratoga, CA (US);
Peter E. Loeffler, Los Gatos, CA (US);
David E. Baker, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Mariners, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 ; G21K 5/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 ; G21K 5/10 ;
Abstract
An x-ray system comprising a scanning beam x-ray source configured to projected at least one x-ray beam in a generally upward direction. When the generated x-rays are scattered they are scattered in a direction predominantly away from x-ray sensitive areas of attending staff. The unscattered x-rays are subsequently received at a detector and an image is reconstructed.