Guides for intraoral x-rays

Patent · Tue Mar 15 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5126461

Ogunsunlade, O A

An h-shaped exterior guide for use in combination with a SNAP-A-RAY film holder for accurately aligning a beam from an X-ray cone with an X-ray film during the process of taking intraoral periapical dental X-rays of the maxillary and mandibular teeth is described comprising: a first guide arm laterally and detachably connectable through a housing means; a traverse arm extending from the midpoint of the first guide arm and parallel to the X-ray film; and a second guide arm extending perpendicularly from an end of the traverse arm toward a plane of the X-ray film and in parallel relation up to an end point of the first guide arm.

• Assignee: NOV; NOV-88-008602; EDB-88-105102
• Patent Number(s): US 4731808
• Application Number: TRN: 88-019354
• OSTI ID: 5126461
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 13 Jun 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
IMAGE SCANNERS
DIAGNOSTIC USES
WAVEGUIDES
X-RAY EQUIPMENT
ALIGNMENT
BEAM SHAPING
DENTISTRY
IMAGES
PHOTOGRAPHIC FILMS
TEETH
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
EQUIPMENT
MEDICINE
ORAL CAVITY
USES
420800* - Engineering- Electronic Circuits & Devices- (-1989)
550602 - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-)