US 12,465,307 B2
X-ray imaging device
Shin Yokoshima, Chiba (JP); Youji Nikaido, Chiba (JP); Akira Mizoo, Osaka (JP); Masashi Kishi, Osaka (JP); and Tadashi Uwai, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to FUJIKIN SOFT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP); and T & S Corporation, Chiba (JP)
Appl. No. 18/247,689
Filed by FUJIKIN SOFT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP); and T & S CORPORATION, Chiba (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 12, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/026115
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/074889, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-168841 (JP), filed on Oct. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0404500 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/4441 (2013.01) [A61B 6/04 (2013.01); A61B 6/4452 (2013.01); A61B 6/50 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An X-ray imaging device that acquires an X-ray image of at least a chest of a patient, the X-ray imaging device comprising:
an X-ray generation unit;
an X-ray detection unit facing the X-ray generation unit with a space therebetween;
a support portion that supports the X-ray generation unit and the X-ray detection unit;
a strut that stands upright from a placement face and holds the support portion;
a coupling portion that turnably couples the support portion to the strut;
an arm that extends from the strut toward above the patient and that suspends and holds the support portion and the coupling portion above the patient; and
a grip portion coupled to the arm, inserted through a hole formed in each of the support portion and the coupling portion, and suspended below the support portion, wherein
both ends of the support portion are bent so as to face each other, the X-ray generation unit and the X-ray detection unit are disposed at the both ends, and the X-ray generation unit and the X-ray detection unit face each other with a space where at least a human body of the patient is placed, wherein
the coupling portion turns about a direction along the both ends, and the X-ray generation unit and the X-ray detection unit circle around the patient, and wherein
the X-ray generation unit generates an X-ray continuously while the support portion turns,
and the X-ray detection unit receives the X-ray and acquires a moving image including a plurality of X-ray images.