US 2010/0071131 A1 · Support apparatus and patient support table as well as medical device

Abstract

The invention relates to a support apparatus on which a patient can be supported in a comfortable and secure manner for the preparation for an examination and for the examination, in particular an endorectal biopsy. The support apparatus comprises a sliding apparatus connected to a bearing substructure and is supported in a displaceable manner on the sliding apparatus so that it can be moved partially beyond the substructure connected to the sliding apparatus. The support apparatus also comprises a cutout. The invention also relates to a patient support table comprising a connecting apparatus to connect the patient support table to the support apparatus and serving as a bearing substructure for the support apparatus. A medical device, in particular an MR device, is also disclosed comprising a patient tunnel and the patient support table that can be introduced into the patient tunnel.

Claims18

Dependent claims

-17. (canceled)

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/565,946Filed 24 Sep 2009

Priority

DE 10 2008 049 929.913 Sep 2008

Published

25 Mar 2010

Term ends

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Classification5 codes

A61B 90/36
Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00,…
A61B 6/0421
Supports, e.g. tables or beds, for the body or parts of the body: with immobilising means
A61B 10/02
Instruments for taking body samples for diagnostic purposes ; Other methods or instruments for diagnosis, e.g. for vaccination diagnosis, sex…:…
A61B 2090/374
Surgical systems with images on a monitor during operation: nmr or mri

Support apparatus and patient support table as well as medical device

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Support apparatus and patient support table as well as medical device

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Abstract

Claims18