Patent ID: 6382833
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An X-ray examination apparatus comprising:a base having a first vertical shaft and a second vertical shaft; a curved carrier having first and second opposite ends; an X-ray emitter mounted at said first end of said carrier and a radiation receiver mounted at said second end of said carrier disposed opposite said X-ray emitter, said X-ray emitter emitting a central X-ray beam; an examination table movable between said X-ray emitter and said detector; and an arm arrangement connected between said first shaft and said second shaft, said arm arrangement comprising a first arm rotatably mounted at said first shaft and having a first arm free end, and a second arm rotatably mounted at said second shaft and having a second arm free end, said first arm free end and said second arm free end being rotatably connected around a third vertical shaft, and said first and second arms having respective lengths so that, dependent on a position of said first shaft at said base and a distance between said second shaft and said central beam said carrier is rotatable by said first and second arms around an intersecting point formed by said central beam cutting a center line of said examination table with said X-ray emitter and said radiation detector disposed on opposite sides of said examination table and said central beam proceeding vertically through said examination table.