The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2012
Christian DE Godzinsky, Vamtaa, FI;
Kustaa Nyholm, Siuntio, FI;
Christian De Godzinsky, Vamtaa, FI;
Kustaa Nyholm, Siuntio, FI;
PLANMECA OY, Helsinki, FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to an intra-oral x-ray imaging arrangement which includes as separate structures, first, a radiation source () having a collimator structure () limiting an x-ray beam for producing the beam used in imaging and for aiming it to the object to be imaged, secondly, an imaging sensor () arranged positionable within a patient's mouth (), and a control system of the imaging arrangement. The collimator structure () is implemented as a structure () which enables adjusting a collimator opening limited by the collimator for at least one of the following: its size, its shape, its location, its position.