IP Library Granted Patent US 7,961,841
Granted Patent B2
US 7,961,841 · App. 12/311,698 · Granted Jun 14, 2011

X-ray photographing apparatus

Assignees: Vatech Co., Ltd.; Vatech Ewoo Holdings Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,961,841
App. No.
12/311,698
Granted
Jun 14, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an X-ray photographing apparatus that is capable of being automatically transformed to panoramic, CT, and cephalometric photographing apparatuses having corresponding modes in accordance with the mounting or demounting of a panoramic sensor, a CT sensor, or a cephalometric sensor thereon/therefrom, thereby at once performing the photographing for the images being the corresponding modes.

Claims (5)

1. An X-ray photographing apparatus having an X-ray light source unit for generating X-rays therefrom and an X-ray sensor unit for detecting the X-rays generated from the X-ray light source unit, wherein the X-ray sensor unit has a first sensor mounting part adapted to detachably mount a panoramic sensor thereonto and a CT sensor mounting part adapted to detachably mount a CT sensor thereonto, such that if the panoramic sensor is mounted onto the first sensor mounting part, the X-ray photographing apparatus is transformed to a panoramic X-ray photographing apparatus, and if the panoramic sensor is demounted from the first sensor mounting part and the CT sensor is mounted onto the CT sensor mounting part, the X-ray photographing apparatus is transformed to a CT X-ray photographing apparatus.

2. The X-ray photographing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first sensor mounting part is located closer to the X-ray light source unit than the CT sensor is.

3. An X-ray photographing apparatus having an X-ray light source unit for generating X-rays therefrom and an X-ray sensor unit for detecting the X-rays generated from the X-ray light source unit, wherein the X-ray sensor unit has a CT sensor mounting part adapted to detachably mount a CT sensor thereonto and a first sensor mounting part and a second sensor mounting part each adapted to detachably mount an X-ray sensor used for panoramic photographing or cephalometric photographing thereonto, such that if the X-ray sensor is mounted onto the first sensor mounting part, the X-ray photographing apparatus is transformed to a panoramic X-ray photographing apparatus; if the X-ray sensor is mounted onto the second sensor mounting part, the X-ray photographing apparatus is transformed to a cephalometric X-ray photographing apparatus;

and if the X-ray sensor is demounted from the first sensor mounting part and the second sensor mounting part and the CT sensor is mounted onto the CT sensor mounting part, the X-ray photographing apparatus is transformed to a CT X-ray photographing apparatus.

4. The X-ray photographing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the first sensor mounting part is located closer to the X-ray light source unit than the CT sensor is.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 26, 2010
From: E-WOO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: VATECH EWOO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025198/0841 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2009
From: RO, CHANG JOON; KIM, TAE WOO
To: VATECH CO., LTD.; E-WOO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023055/0090 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2006-0098480 · Oct 10, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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