US 11,929,187 B2
Collimator control
Michael R. Spaeth, Webster, NY (US); James Rydelek, Henrietta, NY (US); Anthony Dirisio, Rochester, NY (US); Dennis J. O'Dea, Victor, NY (US); and Craig F. Hofmann, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/288,683
Filed by CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC., Rochester, NY (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 31, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/058994
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/106424, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/769,011, filed on Nov. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0398707 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. G21K 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/06 (2006.01)
CPC G21K 1/04 (2013.01) [A61B 6/06 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A collimator comprising:
an adjustable aperture size; and
a first pair of knobs configured to adjust the aperture size by manipulating one or both of the first pair of knobs;
wherein the first pair of knobs are each attached to opposite ends of a first shaft, and
wherein each of the first pair of knobs is configured to adjust a different dimension of the adjustable aperture.