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Radiographic localization technique

  • US 4,506,676 A
  • Filed: 09/10/1982
  • Issued: 03/26/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for the medical examination and radiographic diagnosis of possible fractures or other medical problems, comprising the steps of:

  • initial examination of the patient;

    securing flexible adhesive tape provided with a fine repetitive radiopaque pattern material to the patient'"'"'s skin at the time of the initial examination, to locate critical areas such as tenderness, sensitivity or the entry point for foreign objects, said adhesive tape being of conventional type of medical tape formed of very flexible material provided with a series of evenly spaced unique radiopaque dots or other fine identifiable radiopaque indications to preclude possible confusion with foreign objects in the patient'"'"'s body;

    directing X-rays to the critical area of the patient as identified by the adhesive material and the fine radiopaque pattern and forming a visible image from the transmitted X-radiation; and

    viewing said visible image wherein the image of the fine radiopaque pattern indicates the areas to which primary attention should be directed;

    whereby the original examining physician may identify the critical local area deserving primary attention by subsequent viewers of the X-ray images who may not have had the opportunity of examining the patient.

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