Inflation Support System for MR Guided HIFU
AssigneeSiemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
InventorsJohn W. EATON, Keith A. WONG
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Abstract
A support device has an inflatable element positioned above a top side of a table, above which a patient can be positioned. The table is part of, and movable into and out of a bore of, a medical imaging machine. The inflatable element can have one or more fluid fillable cells selectively inflatable and deflatable to alter a position of a patent relative to the top side of the table. The support device can be employed in a system having a control apparatus coupled to the support device and operable to inflate and deflate the inflatable element to alter the position of a patient supported by the table.
Claims23
A system for adjusting a position of a patient and a high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) transducer relative to one another in a medical imaging machine having a table, the system comprising:
- an adjustable support device including an inflatable element;
- and
- a control apparatus coupled to the adjustable support device and operable to inflate and deflate the inflatable element to alter the position of the patient supported by the table and the HIFU transducer relative to one another.
A support device for a medical imaging machine having a bore and a table movable into and out of the bore with a top side above which the patient is positioned, the support device comprising:
- an inflatable element positioned above the top side of the table and having a plurality of fluid fillable cells that are selectively inflatable and deflatable to alter a position of a patent relative to the top side of the table.
A method of positioning a patient on a table movable into and out of a bore of a medical imaging machine, the method comprising:
- mounting an adjustable support device above a top side of the table, the adjustable support device having one or more fluid fillable cells;
- positioning a patient on the adjustable support device;
- and
- operating a control apparatus to selectively inflate, deflate, or both, any one or more of the one or more of the fluid fillable cells to adjust the position of the patient relative to the top side of the table.
A method of positioning a HIFU transducer and a patient relative to one another within a bore of a magnetic resonance machine, the method comprising:
- positioning a patient on a table;
- moving the table into the bore;
- and
- operating a control apparatus to selectively inflate, deflate, or both, any one or more of a plurality of fluid fillable cells to adjust the position of the patient and HIFU transducer relative to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.