US 12,376,810 B1
Articulating arm for portable C-arm
Michael A. Litzenberger, Rochester, NY (US)
Assigned to Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US)
Filed by CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC., Rochester, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/192,169.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/327,006, filed on Apr. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/327,011, filed on Apr. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/327,016, filed on Apr. 4, 2022.
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/4405 (2013.01) [A61B 6/4441 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile C-arm radiographic imaging system comprising:
a C shaped arm;
a base for supporting the C shaped arm; and
an articulating assembly attached to the base and to the C shaped arm, the articulating assembly configured to enable the C shaped arm to be manually moved, relative to the base, in various directions along a first plane;
the articulating assembly comprising:
three pivot mechanisms having three separate rotational axes all simultaneously perpendicular to the first plane;
three rigid arms each attached to at least one of the pivot mechanisms,
wherein the three pivot mechanisms each comprise only one of the three separate rotational axes perpendicular to the first plane, and wherein the three pivot mechanisms are each configured to enable only one of the rigid arms attached thereto to rotate about a corresponding one of the three separate rotational axes.