Production Engineering - Medical Equipment Division

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Franklin head stand x-ray - $3,750

List: $122,700. MedCon: EX. Franklin head unit, for x-rays of the head and extremities. This is the classic head x-ray unit, by Liebel Flarsheim.

Room features:

• Maxiray 75r tube, new in May, 1992
• stand itself new in 1982
• due to hospital closure, room was taken out of daily use in 1997, but kept under power and maintenance.
• Stand has additional feature of tomography
• may be used for head and extremity shots, such as ankle, foot, hand, wrist, knee and elbow, and standing knees. Unit is not appropriate for chest shots

The arm, tube and bucky, rotating as a unit
Tube rotating relative to the bucky, for magnification technique
Rotation of the entire head stand around the horizontal axis
An overview of the tomography control unit, showing gearing controlling arm rotation
Lateral adjustments of the tube relative to the bucky and arm
Adjusting the distance between the tube and bucky
Rotation of the bucky around its axis (the bucky can swivel +/- 180 degrees in position), and bottom view of bucky, showing lateral adjustments, coarse and fine

The stand features:

• adjustable height overall, with a travel from 2 to 7 feet off of the floor
• entire mechanism rotates around x and y horizontal axis
• bucky may be adjusted with respect to the x-ray tube, horizontally, vertically, and two angles.
• distance between tube and bucky may be adjusted
• tube may be positioned relative to bucky
• tube may also be rocked through angles for tomography
• tube and bucky may be rotated as a unit, or independently of each other

The tomography control has the following settings:

• angular amplitude: 10, 20, 30 or 40 degrees
• amplitude in seconds: 0.5 0 3.0, depending on angle
• electric brake release

Shipping weight is about 850 pounds.

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Production Engineering - Medical Equipment Division

6035 E. 38th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80207 USA (303) 393-7800 FAX (303) 393-1482