Patient support for external counterpulsation cardiac assist device
AssigneeP.P.T.T. L.L.P.
InventorsJahangir S. Rastegar, Harry Soroff
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Abstract
A patient support for an external counterpulsation cardiac assist procedure. The patient support includes: a base; and at least one support connected to the base for maintaining at least a portion of the patient above a tabletop during a positive pressure portion of the external counterpulsation cardiac assist procedure. In one embodiment, the base is a tabletop and the at least one support is movably supported on the table top in lateral and/or vertical directions. In another embodiment, the base is higher than the tabletop and the at least one support is a sling.
Claims36
A patient support for an external counterpulsation cardiac assist procedure, the patient support comprising:
- a base;
- and
- at least one support connected to the base for maintaining at least a portion of the patient above a tabletop during a positive pressure portion of the external counterpulsation cardiac assist procedure.
A patient table for use with an external counterpulsation cardiac assist procedure, the patient table comprising:
- a tabletop having a top surface;
- and
- at least one support connected to the tabletop for maintaining at least a portion of the patient above the top surface of the tabletop during a positive pressure portion of the external counterpulsation cardiac assist procedure.
A method for supporting a patient during an external counterpulsation cardiac assist procedure, the method comprising:
- applying at least a positive pressure cycle to at least a portion of the patient;
- and
- supporting the at least a portion of the patient above a tabletop during the positive pressure portion of the external counterpulsation cardiac assist procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.