US 12,329,555 B2
Compact imaging device and system
William van Kampen, Saline, MI (US); Miodrag Rakic, Saline, MI (US); Francisco Gomez Ruiz, Novi, MI (US); Andrew Custer, Saline, MI (US); Dejan Teofilovic, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Lauren Long, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and David Sarment, Saline, MI (US)
Assigned to Xoran Technologies LLC, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed by Xoran Technologies, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/112,334.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/311,758, filed on Feb. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0263488 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/4405 (2013.01) [A61B 6/035 (2013.01); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 6/56 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device comprising:
an exoskeleton configured to house and provide structural support for an x-ray source and a detector;
a spindle structure protruding from an outer surface of the exoskeleton;
the x-ray source affixed to an internal surface of the exoskeleton;
the detector affixed to the internal surface of the exoskeleton;
a rotation motor configured to rotate the exoskeleton about the spindle structure; and
a circuit board, a control PC, and a Wi-Fi communication module, wherein the circuit board, the control PC, and the Wi-Fi communication module are provided within the exoskeleton, and wherein the Wi-Fi communication module includes an antenna external to the exoskeleton.