Method and apparatus for moving and locking a monitor in a patient support system
AssigneeGE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
InventorsDavid E. Barker, Jeffrey W. Pattee, John Matthew Simmons
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Abstract
In accordance with at least one preferred embodiment of the present invention, a patient table is provided, the patient table comprising a patient support surface for supporting a patient during a medical procedure; a base supporting the patient support surface; a monitor displaying medical information relating to a medical procedure; and a pivot arm having a first end connected to the base and a second end connected to the monitor; a pivot release member provided on one of the monitor and the pivot arm for releasably securing the monitor and the pivot arm at predetermined angular positions with respect to the base.
Claims20
A patient table comprising:
- a patient support surface for supporting a patient during a medical procedure;
- a base supporting said patient support surface;
- a monitor displaying medical information relating to a medical procedure;
- a pivot arm having a first end connected to said base and a second end connected to said monitor;
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- a pivot release member provided on one of said monitor and said pivot arm for releasably securing said monitor and said pivot arm at predetermined angular positions with respect to said base.
A urology table comprising:
- a patient support surface with opposed ends along a longitudinal axis with opposed sides transverse to said longitudinal axis;
- a monitor displaying medical information relating to a medical procedure;
- a movable support member having a first end mounted to said patient support surface and a second end mounted to said monitor, at least one of said ends being movable relative to a corresponding one of said monitor and patient support surface to move said monitor between a first and second viewing positions, said monitor facing one of said sides when in said first viewing position, said monitor facing one of said ends when in said second viewing position.
A urology table comprising:
- a patient support surface supporting a patient in at least two positions, a first position where the patient is lying horizontally on the patient support surface and the second position where the patient is sitting up vertically;
- a monitor displaying medical information relating to a medical procedure;
- a movable support member having a first end mounted to said patient support surface and a second end mounted to said monitor, at least one of said ends being movable relative to a corresponding one of said monitor and patient support surface to move said monitor between a first and second viewing positions, in a first viewing position said monitor facing one direction when the patient is vertical, and in said second viewing position said monitor facing perpendicular to said first viewing position when the patient is horizontal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.