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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. 31, 2001
Filed:
May. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John C. McNeirney, Fairburn, GA (US);
Michael K. Landi, Kenmore, NY (US);
Thomas C. Koslowske, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
Minrad Inc., Buffalo, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/08 ;
Abstract
A device and method for verifying positional alignment between a visible light beam and an x-ray beam by providing a radio-opaque body that is to be positioned in the center of the visible light beam in the x-ray field. The image of the radio-opaque body provides an indication of whether the position of the visible light beam is colinear and coincident with the central ray of the x-ray beam of an imaging system.