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US 2018/0000432 A1Published application
Flexible radiopaque apron
OwnerAdam D. Pruyneinventor
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Abstract
A radiopaque apron configured to overlap an opening of a radiographic imaging apparatus. The apron is a two-layered radiopaque flexible material that extends over the opening. A first layer is large enough to extend across the imaging opening. The second layer has an apron opening smaller than the imaging opening and is positioned between the first layer and the apparatus.
Claims20
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- an imaging opening in the housing for positioning a patient anatomy to be imaged;
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- a radiopaque apron attached to the apparatus proximate the imaging opening,
- wherein the radiopaque apron comprises two overlapping flexible layers, a first one of the layers extends continuously over the imaging opening, a second one of the layers is disposed between the first layer and the apparatus, and wherein the second layer comprises an apron opening centered proximate a central axis of the imaging opening.
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A radiopaque apron configured to cover an imaging opening of an imaging bore of a CBCT imaging apparatus, the radiopaque apron comprising:
- a first continuous layer large enough to extend across the imaging opening;
- a second layer adjacent the first continuous layer, the second layer disposed between the first layer and the imaging apparatus, the second layer comprising an apron opening smaller than the imaging opening and centered on a central axis of the imaging opening.
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