Patent ID: 11944475
Assignee: CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A mobile radiography system comprising:
a base including wheels and a transport drive system for driving the wheels to transport the mobile radiography system;
a movable support arm attached to the wheeled base;
an x-ray assembly attached to the movable support arm;
an electronic control system configured to receive operator input to selectively operate the transport drive system;
a detector to sense either one or both of a tilt angle and a pitch angle of the mobile radiography system; and
a stored control program executable by the electronic control system to receive one or both of the tilt angle and the pitch angle sensed by the detector, the stored control program configured to automatically lock the wheels if the received tilt angle or pitch angle exceeds a pre-set threshold.