Computed tomography motor
CA 1234928 A · Owner: Picker International Inc. · Inventors: Dobbs, John; Levar, Robert E.; Amor, William H.
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Computed Tomography Motor, Abstract, A computed tomography motor forming an integral part of the scanning apparatus. Motor laminations are mounted to a stationary computed tomography gantry while motor magnets are mounted to and rotate with a rotatable computed tomography frame. Energization of the motor laminations cause relative movement between frame and gantry thereby causing an X-ray tube supported by the frame to rotate with the respect to a subject of interest.
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- Granted April 5, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 5, 2005.
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