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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 )...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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