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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:
Mar. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Phormax Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 4/202 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 4/202 ;
Abstract
A multiple-head scanning device (,) for reading an image stored on a photostimulable phosphor storage screen (,), comprising, a rotatable frame having a center (,) and an outer perimeter (,); a photomultiplier tube (,) mounted to the rotatable frame at a location proximal the center (,) of the rotatable frame; a plurality of radially extending optical trains (,) mounted to the rotatable frame at 120 degrees to one another, each optical train (,) configured to direct incident laser light towards phosphor storage screen (,) and to direct response radiation emitted by phosphor storage (,) screen in response to the incident laser light towards the photomultiplier tube (,).