X-ray examination apparatus
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorClaus Linhart
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Abstract
An X-ray examination apparatus (1), includes a patient table (2) and an X-ray spotfilm device (4) which is reciprocatable in at least two spatial directions relative to the patient table (2), as well as sensors (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d) which are integrated in an operating grip (10) of the X-ray spotfilm device (4) and which serve to activate at least one servomotor (5,7) for the X-ray spotfilm device. In order to make a single operating grip (10) suffice for sliding the X-ray spotfilm device in at least four feasible of movement, the sensors are arranged in such a manner that when the operating grip is exposed to a force in an arbitrary one of the at least four feasible directions of movement, each time a different group (8a, 8b; 8c, 8d; 8a, 8c; 8b, 8d) of sensors (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d) is activated.
Claims12
An X-ray examination apparatus, comprising a patient table and an X-ray spotfilm device which is moveable relative to the patient table to and fro in each of first and second spatial directions, corresponding to at least four feasible directions of movement, as well as sensors which can be activated by an operating grip of the X-ray spotfilm device in order to activate one or more servomotors of the X-ray spotfilm device, wherein the sensors are arranged relative to the operating grip in such a manner that when a force is applied to the operating grip in different ones of the at least four feasible directions of movement, a different combination of at least two of the sensors is activated for each of the at least four feasible directions of movement.
An X-ray examination apparatus, comprising a patient table and an X-ray spotfilm device which is moveable relative to the patient table in each of first, second, and third spatial directions, corresponding to six feasible directions of movement, as well as sensors which can be activated by an operating grip of the X-ray spotfilm device in order to activate at least one servomotor of the X-ray spotfilm device, wherein the sensors are arranged relative to the operating grip in such a manner that when a force is applied to the operating grip in different ones of the six feasible directions of movement, a different combination of at least two of the sensors is activated for each of the at six feasible directions of movement.
An X-ray examination apparatus comprising a patient table and an X-ray spotfilm device which is moveable relative to the patient table to and fro in each of first and second spatial directions, corresponding to at least four feasible directions of movement, as well as sensors which can be activated by an operating grip of the X-ray spotfilm device in order to activate one or more servomotors of the X-ray spotfilm device, wherein the sensors are arranged relative to the operating grip in such a manner that when a force is applied to the operating grip in different ones of the at least four feasible directions of movement, a different combination of at least two of the sensors is activated for each of the at least four feasible directions of movement, and wherein the sensors are constructed as foil pressure sensors.
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