US 12,376,811 B1
Portable C-arm with attachable control stand
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. 18/192,216.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/327,011, filed on Apr. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/327,006, 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 6/4441 (2013.01) [A61B 6/4405 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A C-arm radiographic imaging system for capturing radiographic images of an object, the system comprising:
a C shaped arm comprising an x-ray source and a digital radiographic detector each attached to one of two opposing ends of the C shaped arm;
a wheeled base attached to the C shaped arm for transporting the C shaped arm; and
a wheeled control stand digitally and communicatively coupled to the C shaped arm, the wheeled control stand comprising at least one monitor for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to provide operational controls for a user to operate the C-arm radiographic imaging system,
wherein the wheeled control stand is configured with a recessed opening at a bottom side of the wheeled control stand such that the wheeled control stand straddles one of the two opposing ends of the C shaped arm in a docked configuration to enable the C shaped arm, the wheeled base and the control stand to be rollably transported as a unit.