US 12,290,396 B2
Cable management clamp and method for securing cables in C-arm imaging systems
Carlos Martinez Ferreira, Paris (FR)
Assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/977,165.
Prior Publication US 2024/0138802 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/56 (2013.01) [A61B 6/4441 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A C-arm x-ray imaging device comprising:
a base;
a carriage operably connected to the base and having at least one axis of movement with respect to the base
a C-arm movably connected to the carriage, the C-arm including an x-ray source and an x-ray detector disposed thereon in alignment with one another; and
a cable management system comprising:
a housing disposed on the carriage, the housing defining an interior;
a number of cables extending from the base into the interior of the housing;
a cable chain having a first end secured within the interior of the housing and a second end affixed to the C-arm, the cable chain defining a channel therein that receives the number of cables to direct the number of cables from the base to the C-arm; and
at least one clamp releasably engageable with the cable chain to hold the cable chain in alignment with the at least one of the housing and the C-arm,
wherein the at least one clamp comprises:
a first clamp disposed on one side of the at least one of the housing and the C-arm;
a second clamp disposed on an opposite side of the at least one of the housing and the C-arm; and
an alignment member extending between the first clamp and the second clamp across the at least one of the housing and the C-arm.