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Like the panoramic x-ray machine, the Wehmer x-ray machine
is vertically adjustable. Thus, like the panoramic x-ray
machine, patients customarily stand while the Wehmer x-ray
machine is in use, whereas patients who are confined to a
wheelchair may remain seated in their wheelchair.
Again, like the panoramic x-ray machine, the Wehmer x-ray
machine may be purchased with an accessory chair at an additional
cost. Petitioner chose not to purchase the accessory chair,
thereby reducing the acquisition cost of the machine and avoiding
the risk inherent in transferring a disabled patient from chair
to chair, but without compromising the diagnostic value of the
machine to able-bodied patients. As with the panoramic x-ray
machine, a patient who is confined to a wheelchair can easily
access the open space beneath the Wehmer x-ray machine.
Along with the Wehmer x-ray machine, petitioner purchased a
“Wehmer Rare Earth Cassette with Screens” (rare earth cassette)
for $299. The rare earth cassette is an “amplifying screen” that
serves to reduce the amount of radiation emitted from the Wehmer
x-ray machine.
Petitioner uses the Wehmer x-ray machine and rare earth
cassette on a daily basis and for all of his patients without
regard to whether an individual is disabled or able-bodied.
Indeed, the machine and cassette are intended to improve the
standard of care for all patients, and neither was specifically
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