Patent ID: 7635221

Claim:
An X-ray imaging system usable in medical interventional procedures, comprising: a rotatable arm including an X-ray radiation emitting device located towards one end of said rotatable arm and an X-ray detector device located towards the opposite end of said rotatable arm, said detector device acquiring X-ray radiation emitted by the emitting device and having passed through a patient; a base unit supporting said rotatable arm and including a joint or pivot enabling rotation of said rotatable arm unrestricted by cabling, about a patient on a support surface, said joint or pivot including, (a) mating electrical contact surfaces providing electrical power to said rotatable arm from said base unit during rotation of said rotatable arm unrestricted by cabling and (b) a signal interface for providing electrical signals received from said rotatable arm to at least one of, said base unit and a processing device, during rotation of said rotatable arm unrestricted by cabling; and an X-ray imaging system controller for controlling application of electrical power to said rotatable arm via said base unit.