US 12,419,597 B1
Compact mechanism for adjusting source to detector distance on 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 Jun. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/329,750.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/349,686, filed on Jun. 7, 2022.
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/4452 (2013.01) [A61B 6/4441 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radiographic C-arm system comprising:
a C-arm;
a retractable and extendable support attached to the C-arm, the support comprising pivoting arms for extending and retracting a radiographic system component away from and closer to the C-arm,
wherein the support further comprises one of a single stage scissor extender and a multi-stage scissor extender, the support further comprises a motor attached to the scissor extender for extending and retracting the scissor extender, and
wherein the C-arm further comprises a track for guiding the motor along a motor path.