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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. 01, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian Philip Allen, Halstead, GB;
Assignee:
EEV Ltd., Chelmsford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G 1/64 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G 1/64 ;
Abstract
An imaging system for producing a panoramic radiograph of a patient's jaw for dental analysis includes an X-ray source ( ) carried at one end of an arm ( ) and detector means ( ) at the other end. The front surface of the detector means ( ) carries scintillator material ( ) which substantially solely defines the area of the detector means at which the image information is captured. The secondary diaphragm or slot used in conventional panoramic X-ray imaging systems can thus be omitted, giving a less complicated system.