US 12,468,063 B2
Apparatus for vertical screening
Sevag Zoboyan, Wakefield, MA (US); Steven Weed, Marblehead, MA (US); Steven Urchuk, Melrose, MA (US); and Tom Ripp, Amherst, NH (US)
Assigned to Analogic Corporation, Peabody, MA (US)
Filed by Analogic Corporation, Peabody, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/164,404.
Prior Publication US 2024/0264331 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G01N 23/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/046 (2018.01); G01V 5/226 (2024.01)
CPC G01V 5/226 (2024.01) [G01N 23/046 (2013.01); G01N 2223/419 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer tomography (CT) imaging system, comprising:
a rotatable gantry forming a bore defining an examination region, the rotatable gantry oriented with a central axis thereof in a substantially vertical direction and configured to scan one or more objects in a substantially horizontal plane;
a lift aligned with an opening of the examination region, at least a portion of the lift sized to fit within the examination region and configured to move the one or more objects into the examination region; and
one or more vertical bearings configured to rotationally support the rotatable gantry in the substantially vertical direction relative to the central axis and to support the weight of the rotatable gantry.