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US 5,156,166 AGranted
Medical patient support table
AssigneeJohn K. Grady
InventorJohn P. Sebring
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Abstract
A cantilever mounted table for an X-ray patient undergoing procedures requiring tilting the table head to foot or canting the table about its longitudinal axis allows a medical team free axis to one side and an end of the patient, and provides an improved collision sensing switch in the event the table stikes an obstruction below.
Claims4
Apparatus for supporting a patient during medical procedures comprising:
- a base with an upright standard;
- a patient table having a longitudinal and a transverse axis;
- a table support on the standard, the support including a single beam extending from the support to one corner of the table, and the beam constituting a sole, cantilever support for the table;
- first rotational means on the support rotationally mounting one end of the beam so as to tilt the table about a first axis;
- and second rotational means on the support for rotating the table about a second axis at right angles to the first axis, and constituting a rotary bearing coupling the beam to the table so that the table can be tilted about its transverse axis and canted about its longitudinal axis;
- the beam extending from the standard to one end of the table a substantial distance sufficient to leave the supported end of the table unobstructed to medical personel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.