US 12,213,815 B2
CT imaging apparatus
Tommi Syrjälä, Helsinki (FI); Lauri Seppälä, Helsinki (FI); Timo Müller, Helsinki (FI); and Kari Malmén, Helsinki (FI)
Assigned to PLANMECA OY, (FI)
Appl. No. 17/616,026
Filed by PLANMECA OY, Helsinki (FI)
PCT Filed Jun. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/FI2020/050372
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/245500, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 20190042 (FI), filed on Jun. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0296178 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/08 (2006.01); A61B 6/40 (2024.01); A61B 6/51 (2024.01); A61B 6/58 (2024.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/032 (2013.01) [A61B 6/035 (2013.01); A61B 6/0407 (2013.01); A61B 6/08 (2013.01); A61B 6/40 (2013.01); A61B 6/4429 (2013.01); A61B 6/4435 (2013.01); A61B 6/4452 (2013.01); A61B 6/4476 (2013.01); A61B 6/51 (2024.01); A61B 6/54 (2013.01); A61B 6/587 (2013.01); A61B 5/0088 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dental or medical CT imaging apparatus, comprising:
a first substantially vertically extending frame part comprising a top end and a bottom end;
a support construction extending essentially horizontally from the first substantially vertically extending frame part;
an X-ray source and an image detector mounted to the support construction which together form an X-ray imaging means;
a first driving mechanism arranged to move the imaging means, about an axis;
a second driving mechanism arranged to move the support construction in a direction substantially parallel with a direction in which the substantially vertically extending frame part extends;
a patient support;
a control system;
characterized in that the patient support is a structure mechanically connected to the first substantially vertically extending frame part and extending substantially in parallel with said first substantially vertically extending frame part and is essentially of the same length as said first substantially vertically extending frame part.