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US 11,298,093 B2Granted
Anatomical imaging system with centipede belt drive
AssigneeNeuroLogica Corp.
InventorsAndrew P. Tybinkowski, Eric M. Bailey, Daniel Allis
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Abstract
An imaging system including a scanner and a transport mechanism mounted to the base of the scanner, wherein the transport mechanism includes a gross movement mechanism for transporting the scanner relatively quickly across room distances and a fine movement mechanism for moving the scanner precisely, relative to the object being scanned, during scanning.
Claims9
An anatomical imaging system comprising:
- a CT machine;
- and
- a transport mechanism mounted to the CT machine, wherein the transport mechanism comprises a fine movement mechanism for moving the CT machine precisely, relative to a patient, during scanning, and further wherein the fine movement mechanism is configured to directly engage and move along the floor so as to move the CT machine.
A method for scanning a patient, comprising:
- moving a CT machine across room distances to the patient;
- and
- scanning the patient while moving the CT machine precisely, relative to the patient, during scanning, wherein the CT machine is moved during scanning with a movement mechanism that directly engages and moves along the floor to move the CT machine.
A method for scanning an object, comprising:
- moving a scanner across room distances to the object;
- and
- scanning the object while moving the scanner precisely, relative to the object, during scanning, wherein the scanner is moved during scanning with a movement mechanism that directly engages and moves along the floor to move the scanner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.