Patent ID: 6715917
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A C-arm x-ray imaging apparatus (10) comprising:a moveable support base (60), a vertically extending column (40) attached to the support base (60), an extendable cross arm (50) having a first end (51) slidably attached to said vertically extending column (46) and a second end (52), a support arm (30) having a first end (31) attached to the second end (52) of the cross arm (50) and a second end (32), a yoke (20) having a first end attached to the second end (32) of the support arm (30) wherein the yoke (20) is permitted to rotate, said yoke (20) having a second end, a C-arm (100) attached to the second end of the yoke (20), an x-ray source (12), an image receptor (14) wherein the image receptor (14) and the x-ray source (12) are mounted on opposing ends of the C-arm (100).