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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
May. 15, 2009
Applicants:
Dieter Thoma, Einhausen, DE;
Christian Beckhaus, Darmstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Dieter Thoma, Einhausen, DE;
Christian Beckhaus, Darmstadt, DE;
Assignee:
SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS, GmbH, Bensheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 6/14 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/14 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/04 (2013.01); A61B 6/0421 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for positioning a patient within an image volume of a cone-beam tomography system. The device includes a volume indicator adapted to indicate at least a front boundary of the image volume and having a horizontal indicator for horizontal alignment. The device also includes a head clamp adapted to position at least a portion of the head of the patient within the front boundary of the image volume indicated by the volume indicator.