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US 5,327,477 AGranted
Film positioning system for dental X-ray procedures
OwnerPaul Levyinventor
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Abstract
A film positioning system for dental X-ray procedures including a plurality of film carriers each including a film holder on one end and an attachment rod extending therefrom; and an X-ray tube aiming device including a plurality of distinct attachment rod holders for separately positioning each film carrier in the proper orientation with respect to the X-ray tube.
Claims13
A film positioning system for dental X-ray procedures comprising:
- a plurality of film carriers each including film holder means on one end and a uniquely shaped attachment rod extending therefrom;
- an X-ray tube aiming device including a plurality of distinct positioning means for separately positioning each said film carrier in the proper orientation with respect to said X-ray tube;
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- means for assuring each said uniquely shaped attachment rod is correctly associated with its corresponding distinct positioning means including an annotation on each said film carrier and complementary annotations proximate each said distinct positioning means for assuring proper orientation of said film holder within the patient's mouth.
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A film carrier positioning system for dental X-ray equipment comprising:
- a plurality of uniquely configured film carriers each including a bite block on one end and an attachment rod extending therefrom;
- film carrier orientation means removably affixable to the X-ray examining equipment including a plurality of distinct attachment rod holders each positioned for proper orientation of at least one said bite block within the patient's mouth during the X-ray procedure;
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- means for assuring each said film carrier is mated with its corresponding attachment rod holder including annotations on each said film carrier and complementary annotations proximate each said distinct attachment rod holder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.