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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
May. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Mackie, Verona, WI (US);
George Petry, Madison, WI (US);
Peter Muir, Madison, WI (US);
Mark Markel, Middleton, WI (US);
Robert Swader, Verona, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); H05G 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4429 (2013.01); A61B 6/035 (2013.01); A61B 6/4458 (2013.01); A61B 6/508 (2013.01); A61N 5/1083 (2013.01); H05G 1/02 (2013.01); A61N 5/1049 (2013.01);
Abstract
A CT machine for scanning a stationary patient may provide for two-bar linkage articulated arms to move a CT gantry in an arbitrary trajectory. In one embodiment, the gantry may fit within a cavity to expose a central platform, which may support a patient for vertical scans in which the gantry housing rises from the cavity after the patient is so positioned.