Knee x-ray cassette support
OwnerVince Cantacessiinventor
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Abstract
A cassette support capable of holding several sizes of film cassettes, providing a frontal knee x-ray (Sunrise View) or side or rear view, without having the patient involved in holding the film cassette, as is commonly done now for the “sunrise view”, while lying in a supine position, sitting, or standing. The cassette (8) is supported across the patients body without the mast (2) touching the patient, as the support being flag shaped, extends the cassette over the patients leg behind the knee or in front of the knee ready for x-ray procedure. The simplicity of this design requires no set up of the cassette support as all it takes is placing it easily in position over the knee ready for x-ray, as compared to other methods that require complicated setting up procedures and taking more time.
Claims3
A knee x-ray film cassette support for use with conventional x-ray machines compromising of:
- A. Two channels combined together in an L shape to accept an x-ray film cassette of different sizes.
- B. A means of securing said cassette to L shaped channels by screw knobs or clamp.
- C. A swivel assembly connecting said L shaped channels to a vertical mast, allowing L shaped channels, containing film cassette, to be turned to any angle suitable for best x-ray picture.
- D. An x-ray cassette support further including means of securing film cassette in a flag shaped position to be able to extend over the patients body behind his knee without interference of the vertical mast with the patients body.
- E. An x-ray cassette support, further including means for adjusting the height of said L shaped channels along vertical mast, to accommodate for different knee heights.
A cassette support that does not need patient participation to hold the cassette with their hands in the position needed for front of knee view called “Sunrise View”.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.