Patent ID: 6733177
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An x-ray imaging apparatus comprisinga mobile support base, a vertically extendable column attached to the support base, an extendable cross arm having a first end slidably attached to the vertically extendable column and a second end, a support arm having a first end attached to the second end of the cross arm and a second end having an aperture, a yoke having a first end with a cylindrical pin and a second end, a steel sleeve having an integrally formed circular skirt attached to the first end of the yoke and surrounding the cylindrical pin on the yoke, a variable friction disc interposed between the sleeve and the support arm, a C-arm attached to the yoke, an x-ray source, and an image receptor, wherein the image receptor and the x-ray source are mounted on opposing ends of the C-arm.