Patent ID: 6866418

Claim:
A C-arm x-ray apparatus comprising a mobile support base, a doghouse attached to the support base, an extendable cross arm having a first end slidably attached to the doghouse and a second end, a support member having a first end attached to the second end of the cross arm and a second end, the second end of the support arm having a generally circular aperture, a yoke having a first end having a pin that slides within the aperture of the support member wherein the yoke is permitted to rotate, said yoke having a second end, said second end of the yoke being closest to the x-ray source and being tapered down to the C-arm such that when the C-arm is rotated the x-ray source contacts the tapered edge of the yoke thereby eliminating a pinchpoint by a gradually funneling of a potentially pinched part away from the diminishing area of the rotating C-arm. a steel sleeve fitted over the pin on the first end of the yoke attached to the yoke using a plurality of fasteners a C-arm attached to said yoke, an x-ray source, and an image receptor, wherein the imager receptor and the x-ray source are mounted on opposing ends of the C-arm.