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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:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2001
Torrey Munger, St. Louis, MO (US);
Peter Werp, St. Louis, MO (US);
Stereotaxis, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Generally, the shielded x-ray source of the present invention has a cast shield of an iron based material substantially enclosing and closely conforming to the x-ray tube to shield the x-ray tube imaging beam from interference from magnetic fields. The method of the present invention includes providing a shield cast from an iron-based material in a shape having a cavity to receive and closely conform to the x-ray tube, and installing the cast shield around the x-ray tube. The magnetic surgical system comprising at least one magnetic for magnetically navigating a medical device in an operating region in a patient's body, and an imaging apparatus including at least one x-ray tube for imaging the operating region. A cast shield of an iron-based material substantially enclosing and closely conforming to the at least one x-ray tube.