US 11,937,961 B2
Universal positioning system for X-ray imaging system
Yu Qing Li, Beijing (CN); Gireesha Chinthamani Rao, Pewaukee, WI (US); Chunyu Wang, Beijing (CN); Fusheng Li, Beijing (CN); Qingtao Wang, Beijing (CN); and Feng Xu, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/534,529.
Prior Publication US 2023/0157656 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/4476 (2013.01) [A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/4464 (2013.01); A61B 6/548 (2013.01); A61B 6/56 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An X-ray system with a universal positioning system comprising:
a multiple degree of freedom overhead support system adapted to be mounted to a surface within a location for the X-ray system;
a first imaging device mounted on the overhead support system;
a multiple degree of freedom wall stand disposed within the location for the X-ray system, the wall stand comprising a motive module and a number of moveable members operably connected to the motive module that can be operated by the motive module to move the wall stand over a floor of the location;
a second imaging device mounted to the wall stand;
a table disposed within the location for the X-ray system, the table comprising a base disposed on the floor of the location and a support surface secured at one end to the base;
a workstation including a processing unit configured to send control signals to and to receive data signals from the overhead support system, the first imaging device, the wall stand, the second imaging device and the table; and
a track disposed on the floor of the location and on which the wall stand is disposed,
wherein the track comprises:
one or more straight sections; and
one or more curved sections defining a focal point equidistant from the one or more curved sections.