Patent ID: 7959355

Claim:
A dental intraoral x-ray sensor system comprising: a sensor holder; a unit holder; a signal processing unit; a digital dental intraoral x-ray sensor; and a power source, wherein: said sensor holder is a positioning device comprising a rod and ring guide, said rod is designed to accommodate a variety of intraoral x-ray sensors and said rod allows said sensor to be adjusted to a variety of operative positions; said unit holder is designed to attach to said rod and accommodate said signal processing unit that is detachable from said unit holder; said signal processing unit comprising electronic components and said signal processing unit is coupled to said intraoral x-ray sensor via a sensor cable and to said power source via an electrical connector; said power source comprising a battery and controller circuitry encapsulated together in a cap detachably attached to a connector side of said signal processing unit; and said digital dental intraoral x-ray sensor comprising an encapsulated imaging pixel array attached to a distal end of said sensor cable.