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7618189 Bed apparatus, X-ray diagnostic apparatus, and method of controlling a bed for X-ray diagnostic apparatus  
A bed apparatus includes a bed, a bed lifting unit that lifts the bed, and a bed stop position control unit that controls the bed lifting unit such that the bed stops at a position out of the...
7613498 Device for supporting a patient for computer tomographs  
A device for supporting a patient is used with a computer-tomography (CT) device. The patient to be examined is to be introduced into an opening in a gantry of the CT device. The patient supporting...
7613492 Apparatus for aligning an object being scanned in multi-modality systems  
A method of examining a patient is provided. The method includes aligning a patient table with a first examination axis, and rotating the patient table around a substantially fixed pivot axis from...
7607183 Braking system for a positioner in a medical imaging apparatus  
In one embodiment, a braking system for a positioner unit in a medical imaging apparatus includes a first brake coupled to a drive unit that is configured to drive the positioner unit along an axis...
7603731 Attachment mechanism for medical patient platform  
A medical device comprising a medical procedure patient platform having a peripheral edge, a length of the peripheral edge having a substantially rigid male connecting member; and, an extension...
7603730 Apparatus for supporting a patient in a prone position during diagnostic imaging  
A patient positioning apparatus to support a patient in a prone position on a patient table during a diagnostic imaging scan comprises a head support and an arm support. The head support is...
7603164 Composite system for radiation therapy  
A composite system for radiation therapy includes a CT scanner for checking the position of an affected portion of a patient to be irradiated, an irradiation apparatus for disposing, on the basis...
7597104 Method and device for immobilization of the human breast in a prone position for radiotherapy  
A system and method for immobilization of the human breast in a prone position during imaging and radiotherapy. The system includes a vacuum-assisted breast immobilization cup comprising two layers...
7555794 Methods and apparatus for ergonomic arm and head support  
Methods and systems for medical imaging using an ergonomic patient head an arm support are provided. A support for medical imaging is provided that includes a lower body configured to engage a...
7552490 Method and apparatus for patient loading and unloading  
A method and apparatus of a positioning system are described to position an upper-half of a body relative to a head-end of a couch. The positioning system may be a patient positioning system and...
7540661 Patient table for an x-ray system  
Disclosed is a patient table for an x-ray system with a table top, the length of which can be optionally varied. The table top can be of a modular design, or can comprise a plurality of table...
7533428 Medical bag support assembly  
A medical support assembly for a moving pallet of a diagnostic imaging device is provided. The medical support assembly includes a support member having an elongate shaft defining a longitudinal...
7532922 System and method for translating medical imaging system patient tables  
A system and method for translating a patient table is described. The described patient table includes a linearly translatable portion, a drive screw assembly, a power transmission assembly, and a...
7530412 Method of making and using a patient support apparatus having a motorized drive assembly  
A patient support apparatus has a lower frame and an upper supported above the lower frame and movable relative to the lower frame. A plurality of casters are coupled to the lower frame. A wheel is...
7527428 Platform for radiological examination of the foot and ankle  
A two step platform elevates a standing patient upon a horizontally located chamber for examination of the foot and ankle by radiological methods. The chamber receives a slide that carries an x-ray...
7520004 Combined cushion and protective cover and methods of forming  
A combined cushion and protective covering for a patient support having a patient-supporting surface comprises a central section having length and width dimensions corresponding substantially to...
7516501 Medical device  
Medical device with a patient tunnel lined by a lining and a patient couch that can be moved into and out of the tunnel and accommodated in a recess in the lining enclosing the sides of the patient...
7505803 System or method for examining a patient by means of an imaging medical diagnostic equipment  
In order to enable patient data to be reliably taken into account in a simple manner for examination by means of an imaging medical diagnostic equipment of a patient positionable on a table top of...
7502641 Method for imaging the relative motion of skeletal segments  
Methods and apparatus for measuring the movement of bones during joint motion in a subject using a motion table, an imaging device, and software program for tracking, calculating and graphing the...
7492858 System and method for imaging and treatment of tumorous tissue in breasts using computed tomography and radiotherapy  
The present invention provides a system 10 for irradiating a breast 20 of a patient 22 . The system 10 comprises a gantry 12 rotatable about a horizontal axis 14 and comprising a...
7484253 Patient support element for radiation therapy that reduces skin radiation burn  
A multi-layer patient support element comprising at least one structural member, wherein the structural member has a top surface and a bottom surface and wherein the top surface comprises a low...
7480948 Patient support apparatus having a brake/steer mechanism with a foot pedal gear reducer  
A patient support apparatus includes a brake mechanism and a steer mechanism operated by a foot pedal. A gear reducer is coupled to the foot pedal. The gear reducer reduces the amount that the foot...
7478445 Reclining table with an adjustable back rest  
A reclining table comprising a stationary reclining plate and a back rest pivotally connected to it. A supporting member pivotally connected to said reclining plate near its free end serves for...
7472444 Device for support of the head  
A device for supporting the head of a patient is accommodated on a patient bed of an x-ray apparatus. To prevent image artifacts, the device has a head shell mounted on a fastening part by means of...
7467004 System, method and apparatus for surgical patient table  
A patient table includes a cradle for slidably receiving a board carrying a patient, a cradle supporting member for slidably receiving the cradle, a locker for preventing the board from sliding off...
7458118 Patient bed having a docking collimator assembly  
A patient bed is provided having an elevation mechanism resting on a platform and a collimator assembly, where the weight of the collimator assembly is selectively supported by one of the...
7454987 Apparatus and method for determining a position of a patient in a medical examination  
An apparatus and a method are provided for determining a position of a patient during medical examinations. The apparatus comprises a tabletop operable to support the patient, at least one...
7437785 Drive system for imaging device  
A drive system for an imaging device is provided. The drive system comprises a table assembly for engaging and supporting a patient and a driving system for moving the table assembly. The driving...
7430773 Device to facilitate controlled rotation of the cervical spine  
A device for controlled orientation of a person's cervical spine that is compatible with medical imaging machines. The device is capable of rotation about the axis of a patient's spinal column...
7430772 Device including moveable support for examining persons  
A device for the examination of persons including a medical examination device ( 11 ) having an examination volume ( 12 ), a support ( 1 ) for a person to be examined, and a drive assembly ( 3 )...
7421747 Method of installing and removing a component of medical device  
A device to install and remove a structural component in and from a medical large device has a guide system that simplifies the difficult handling of the structural component due to the size or the...
7418750 Patient support and method for studies of lumbar vertebra rotation  
A patient support and software evaluate spinal instability by controlled isocentric rotation of the spine and measurement of rotation among vertebra to detect damaged vertebra having...
7404674 Computed tomography apparatus and patient positioning table therefor allowing rotation of the patient support plate  
A patient positioning table has a base part with a longitudinal axis and a support plate for positioning a patient. The support plate can be displaced in the direction of the longitudinal axis of...
7397889 Imaging apparatus and subject moving apparatus  
It is intended to implement imaging in an efficient way. In a first period in which a cradle unit is driven under acceleration from a stationary state, the cradle unit is driven with a constant...
7395565 Patient supporting apparatus and medical image photographing apparatus  
With a view to attaining both easiness of position adjustment and sureness of position holding, a patient supporting apparatus comprises an arm for supporting a patient, the arm comprising a...
7395563 Support system for use when performing medical imaging of a patient  
A system is provided for supporting a patient during computed axial tomography imaging. The system includes a movable platform formed of a radiolucent material, a discrete attachment region in the...
7379769 Hybrid imaging method to monitor medical device delivery and patient support for use in the method  
This invention discloses a method and apparatus to deliver medical devices to targeted locations within human tissues using imaging data. The method enables the target location to be obtained from...
7373676 Patient support apparatus and method therefor  
A rotatably adjustable patient support apparatus including a lower base assembly for mounting to a pedestal and an upper base assembly for mounting to a patient couch. The upper and lower base...
7364539 Telemetry sensing system for infant care apparatus  
An infant warming apparatus for supporting an infant upon an infant bed. The apparatus has a sensor that is affixed to the skin of the infant to detect one or more physiological functions of the...
7360949 Radiography system and transfer board moving apparatus  
The present invention is intended to readily move a transfer board from a stretcher to a radiographic table and to efficiently achieve radiography. The transfer board moved from the stretcher is...
7348579 Arrangement for performing proton therapy  
A system for treating a patient by proton therapy, also called gantry, includes a proton beam guide involving, in particular, magnets, quadropoles, and the like and having an outlet aperture for...
7328055 Patient support apparatus  
The present invention provides a patient support apparatus for use during a medical procedure. The patient support apparatus is configured to receive and support a body of a patient on a base...
7293308 Method and apparatus for automatic self-aligning docking of a couch with a magnetic resonance imaging scanner  
A docking assembly connected to a movable couch ( 30 ) docks the couch with an imaging apparatus ( 10 ). Couch alignment surfaces ( 72 ) mate with corresponding alignment surfaces ( 64 ) of a...
7284626 Patient support apparatus with powered wheel  
A patient support apparatus has a lower frame and an upper supported above the lower frame and movable relative to the lower frame. A plurality of casters are coupled to the lower frame. A wheel is...
7272866 Attachment mechanism for medical patient platform  
A medical procedural patient platform includes a peripheral edge that can receive a medical patient platform extension. The medical procedural patient platform peripheral edge includes a generally...
7263733 Bed apparatus for image diagnosis and its attachments  
A headrest, armrest, or other attachment to an image diagnosis bed apparatus having leaf springs formed as integral parts of its connecting portion, and a bed apparatus tabletop with a connecting...
7257849 Adapter to attach a patient positioning plate of a patient transport cart to a diagnosis and/or treatment table, in particular of a medical examination modality  
Adapter for attaching a patient positioning plate of a patient transport cart or gurney to a diagnosis and/or treatment table, in particular of a medical examination modality, has attachment...
7254851 Patient support structure having a tabletop with a breast positioning aperture for a laser imaging apparatus  
A patient support structure for a laser imaging apparatus, comprises a tabletop to support a female patient in front-down, prone position. The tabletop includes an opening adapted to permit a...
7243387 Positioning aid for use in performing a tomographic functional examination of the cervical spine  
A positioning aid ( 1 ) for tomographic functional examinations with a base plate ( 3 ) which is connected to a moveable patient trolley and with a shoulder plate at the same height as the thorax,...
7239906 Magnetic resonance imaging system including a transpolar fixture  
A magnetic resonance imaging system is provided with a fixture which can be mounted to the static field magnet within the patient-receiving space of the magnet. The fixture can support and...