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Granted Patent B2
US 10,932,738 · App. 15/117,231 · Granted Mar 2, 2021

X-ray imaging device with subject alignment device

Inventors: Hyung Keun Lim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jin Pyo Chun (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignees: VATECH Co., Ltd.; VATECH EWOO Holdings Co., Ltd.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,932,738
App. No.
15/117,231
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an imaging device for an X-ray image and, particularly, to an imaging device for an X-ray image which enables a posture of a patient to be checked and corrected in real time when an X-ray image of a specific part of a patient's body is to be imaged.

Claims (11)

1. A radiography machine for radiographing a subject, comprising:

an alignment unit having an alignment area wherein the subject is disposed in the alignment area; and

wherein the alignment unit further includes:

a radiography unit including a radiation source and a detector;

a housing unit to house the radiation source and the detector, and defining the alignment area for the subject to be disposed between the radiation source and the detector, and the housing unit further including an opening; and

a transparent subject check unit installed in the opening of the housing unit to allow the subject to be visibly observed, wherein the transparent subject check unit displays guide lines, wherein the guide lines are arranged to form an overlay image on a specific body part of the subject as observed on the transparent subject check unit, and wherein the transparent subject check unit includes a touch panel, wherein the touch panel is used to select, correct, and change the guide lines.

2. The radiography machine of claim 1 , wherein the housing unit is fixed to a support or a wall and is configured to be moved vertically.

3. The radiography machine of claim 1 , wherein the housing unit includes a camera for obtaining an image of the subject.

4. The radiography machine of claim 3 , wherein the image of the subject is displayed on the transparent subject check unit and compared with the guide lines in real time to determine a posture of the subject.

5. The radiography machine of claim 1 , wherein the guide line is displayed on the transparent subject check unit by laser beam.

6. The radiography machine of claim 1 , wherein a preference setting interface to control the radiography unit and embedded in the housing unit or electrically connected to the radiography unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2016
From: LIM, HYUNG KEUN; CHUN, JIN PYO
To: VATECH CO., LTD.; VATECH EWOO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039363/0232 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0014029 · Feb 7, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160338662A1 · Nov 24, 2016
Cited By (1)
US 1,107,230