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Transparency film digitizer peripheral and transparency film image management and communication system for internet

  • US 5,995,138 A
  • Filed: 07/25/1996
  • Issued: 11/30/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A dental-office computer-automation health care system, comprising:

  • a personal computer system with software in the form of a disk operating system (DOS) and a hardware interface for a dental radiograph digitizer and a computer network;

    an applications program for loading and execution under said DOS and providing for the conversion of dental radiographs for particular patients to graphic image computer files, and including a database management system to manipulate and organize dental health information;

    a dental radiograph digitizer connected as a peripheral to the personal computer system;

    a film acceptance-positioning-and-releasing mechanism having upper and lower fulcrums;

    a push-pull solenoid connected to pivot the film acceptance-positioning-and-releasing mechanism on said lower fulcrum to allow a film to be dropped in from above and to pivot on said upper fulcrum to drop out said film by gravity; and

    an electronic-imaging camera focused to image and digitize said film held in the film acceptance-positioning-and-releasing mechanism.

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