Radiological marker device

• US 7,123,690 B1
• Filed: 09/10/2004
• Issued: 10/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Linda S. Brown
• Original Assignee: Linda S. Brown
• Inventors: Tillage, Alaina Lee, Brown, Linda S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Glick, Edward J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Song, Hoon
• Application Number:
  US10/938,912
• Time in Patent Office: 767 Days
• Field of Search: 378/165, 378/162, 378/163, 378/166, 378/65, 602/58
• US Class Current: 378/165
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/12 Arrangements for detecting or locating foreign bodies
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/583 using calibration phantoms
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/39 Markers, e.g. radio-opaque or breast lesions markers

Abstract

An x-ray marker device (10) for use on a sheet of x-ray film (100) in a diagnostic radiology environment wherein, the marker device (10) includes a radiologically transparent housing member (20) having a front face (22) provided with a decorative element (23) and a rear face (24) provided with means (25) for releasably securing the housing member (20) to the x-ray cassette (100) and a plurality of radiologically opaque indicator members (30) embedded within the housing member (20) wherein, the indicator members include a peripheral indicator member (31) a directional indicator member (32) and one or more technician identification indicator members (33).

Claims

1. An x-ray marker device for x-ray film wherein, the x-ray marker device comprises:

a housing unit-member fabricated from radiologically transparent material and having a front face provided with a radiologically transparent decorative element and a rear face provided with means for releasably attaching the housing member to an x-ray cassette; and

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at least one radiologically opaque indicator member located within said housing member and disposed in the same orientation as said decorative element wherein said at least one radiologically opaque indicator member has a different appearance than the radiologically transparent decorative element.

2. The device as in claim 1;

wherein, said at least one radiologically opaque indicator member is a directional indicator member.

3. The device as in claim 2;

including at least one additional indicator member disposed in a surrounding relationship with respect to said indicator member.

4. The device as in claim 3;

wherein, said at least one additional indicator member is a peripheral indicator member.

5. The device as in claim 4;

including at least one further indicator member in addition to the directional indicator member and the peripheral indicator member wherein, said one further indicator member is a technologist indicator member.

6. The device as in claim 5;

wherein, directional indicia is selectively imprinted on one of the front and rear faces of the housing member.

7. The device as in claim 6;

wherein, said means for releasably attaching the housing member to a sheet of an x-ray cassette comprises a layer of tacky material.

8. The device as in claim 7;

wherein, said layer of tacky material is transparent.

9. The device as in claim 1;

wherein, said at least one indicator member is embedded within the housing member.

10. The device as in claim 3;

wherein, said at least one additional indicator member is embedded within the housing member.

11. The device as in claim 5;

wherein, said at least one further indicator member is embedded within the housing member.

12. The device as in claim 5;

wherein, all indicator members are embedded within the housing member.