US 11,806,174 B2
Multi-directional X-ray imaging system
Eugene A. Gregerson, Bolton, MA (US); Russell Stanton, Lunenberg, MA (US); Michael Connor, Dunstable, MA (US); Michael Allen, Littleton, MA (US); Paul Sebring, Townsend, MA (US); and Robert Coughlin Powell, Stowe, MA (US)
Assigned to Mobius Imaging, LLC, Shirley, MA (US)
Filed by Mobius Imaging, LLC, Shirley, MA (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/100,776.
Application 18/100,776 is a continuation of application No. 17/201,416, filed on Mar. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,576,625.
Application 17/201,416 is a continuation of application No. 15/972,964, filed on May 7, 2018, granted, now 10,987,068, issued on Apr. 27, 2021.
Application 15/972,964 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/359,997, filed on Nov. 23, 2016, granted, now 9,962,132, issued on May 8, 2018.
Application 15/359,997 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/916,869, filed on Jun. 13, 2013, granted, now 10,151,810, issued on Dec. 11, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/659,609, filed on Jun. 14, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0157649 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 6/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/027 (2013.01) [A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/035 (2013.01); A61B 6/04 (2013.01); A61B 6/4447 (2013.01); A61B 6/4452 (2013.01); A61B 6/504 (2013.01); A61B 6/508 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-directional x-ray imaging system, comprising:
a gantry defining a central imaging bore and an imaging axis extending through the central imaging bore, the gantry including a housing;
an x-ray source component and an x-ray detector component for obtaining x-ray images of an object located within the central imaging bore, the x-ray source component and the x-ray detector component being supported for rotation within the housing of the gantry;
a support column located on a side of the gantry and supporting the gantry, with the support column having at least one vertical rail extending vertically along the support column, wherein the gantry is moveable along the at least one vertical rail of the support column and pivotable relative to the support column between:
a first configuration in which the imaging axis of the gantry is in a vertical orientation, and
a second configuration in which the imaging axis of the gantry is in a horizontal orientation;
a base having a horizontal guide extending horizontally along the base, wherein the support column extends in a vertical direction from the base and is moveable on the horizontal guide along the base;
a first drive mechanism arranged to move the gantry on the at least one vertical rail along the support column; and
a second drive mechanism arranged to move the support column and the gantry via the horizontal guide along the base.