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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2011
Brian J. Kross, Yorktown, VA (US);
John Mckisson, Hampton, VA (US);
Aleksandr Stolin, Morgantown, WV (US);
Andrew G. Weisenberger, Yorktown, VA (US);
Carl Zorn, Yorktown, VA (US);
Brian J. Kross, Yorktown, VA (US);
John McKisson, Hampton, VA (US);
Aleksandr Stolin, Morgantown, WV (US);
Andrew G. Weisenberger, Yorktown, VA (US);
Carl Zorn, Yorktown, VA (US);
Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, Newport News, VA (US);
Abstract
A self-aligning collimator for a radiation imaging device that is secured and aligned through the use of a plurality of small magnets. The collimator allows for the rapid exchange, removal, or addition of collimators for the radiation imaging device without the need for tools. The accompanying method discloses the use of magnets and accompanying magnetic fields to align and secure collimators in a radiation imaging assembly.