Patent ID: 9561009
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61N,H05G

Claim:
1. A mobile X-ray unit, comprising: a base; an X-ray applicator connected to the base and comprising an X-ray tube; a target element disposed in the X-ray tube and configured to generate an X-ray beam; a collimator configured to shape the X-ray beam emitted by the target element, and comprising one or more identification devices; a collimator receptacle comprising a resistive circuit having one or more resistive contact positions configured to change a resistance of the resistive circuit when the one or more identification devices contact the one or more resistive contact positions; and a controller configured to receive a signal representative of a net resistance or a net resistive change of the resistive circuit after the one or more identification devices contacts the one or more resistive contact positions, and to identify which collimator of a set of collimators is in contact with the collimator receptacle based on the signal.