# US 7,607,830 B2 · Holder for an x-ray sensing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,607,830 B2 - Document ID: US7607830B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/751,354 - Filed: 2007-05-21 - Published: 2008-01-31 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2004-11-11 - Inventors: Harold K. Schmulenson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7607830B2 ## CPC - G03B 42/042: {for dental applications (radiation diagnosis specially adapted for dentistry A61B6/51; individual packages for X-ray film G03C3/003)} - G03C 3/003: {Individual packages for X-ray film, e.g. for dental applications} - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - G03C: PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES (for photomechanical purposes G03F); PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY (photographic processes characterised by the use or manipulation of apparatus classifiable per se in subclass G03B, see G03B; photomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces G03F; electrophotography, magnetography G03G) ## Abstract A holder for an x-ray sensing device having a first retention member and a handle. The first retention member includes a back plate, a first retention guide, and a second retention guide. The first retention guide is connected with an end of the back plate and the second retention guide connected with an opposing end of the back plate. The first retention guide faces the second retention guide. The handle is connected with the first retention member. Preferably, the first retention member includes a retention stop on a front surface of the back plate and between the retention guides. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A holder for an x-ray sensing device having a retention member, the retention member comprising: a back plate; a first retention guide connected with a first end of the back plate; a second retention guide connected with a second end of the back plate opposed to the first end, wherein the first retention guide faces the second retention guide; and an upper retention stop connected with the back plate and between the retention guides, wherein the retention member is configured to hold the x-ray sensing device in a central position between the first and second retention guides and against the upper retention stop, and configured to hold the x-ray sensing device in a lower position wherein a top edge of the x-ray sensing device abuts the upper retention stop. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The holder for an x-ray sensing device of claim 1, wherein the x-ray sensing device is movable from the central position to the upper position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The holder for an x-ray sensing device of claim 1, wherein the x-ray sensing device is movable from the central position to the upper position without having to remove the x-ray sensing device from the holder. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The holder for an x-ray sensing device of claim 1, wherein the upper retention stop is opposed to a lower retention stop, and wherein the upper and lower retention stops are located between the retention guides. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The holder for an x-ray sensing device of claim 4, wherein the retention member is configured to hold the x-ray sensing device in an upper position wherein a bottom edge of the x-ray sensing device abuts the lower retention stop. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The holder for an x-ray sensing device of claim 1 further comprising a flexible member attached to the upper retention stop at a first end and to the back plate at a second end. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The holder for an x-ray sensing device of claim 1, wherein each retention guide only extends from an upper portion of the back plate to a lower portion of the back plate. ### Claim 8 A holder for an x-ray sensing device having a retention member, the retention member comprising: a back plate; a first retention guide connected with a first end of the back plate; and a second retention guide connected with a second end of the back plate opposed to the first end, wherein the first retention guide faces the second retention guide, wherein the first retention guide includes a gripping portion which curves inwards towards the back plate, wherein the retention member is configured to receive the x-ray sensing device by sliding the x-ray sensing device in between the first and second retention guides and against the back plate, wherein the gripping portion is moveable from a first position which is closest to the back plate and a second position which is further away from the back plate than the first position, and wherein the gripping portion is pivotable at where the gripping portion curves inwards. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The holder for an x-ray sensing device of claim 8, wherein the first retention guide forms a bend from which the gripping portion extend. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The holder for an x-ray sensing device of claim 9, wherein the gripping portion extends in a generally linear direction from the bend. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The holder for an x-ray sensing device of claim 8 further comprising upper and lower retention stops located between the retention guides. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The holder for an x-ray sensing device of claim 8 further comprising a wire retention member on a handle connected with the retention member. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The holder for an x-ray sensing device of claim 8, wherein each retention guide only extends from an upper portion of the back plate to a lower portion of the back plate.