Underframe for medical examination table
AssigneeGeneral Electric CGR S.A.
InventorsRene Langenaeken, Claude Martin
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Abstract
A medical examination table comprises a pedestal to which an end of a rocker is hinged. An underframe is fixed rotationally to the other end of the rocker. By acting on the two axes of rotation, the table may enable motions that are as different as a simple raising motion and tilting motions of various amplitudes in one direction or another. The advantage of the invention is that it provides a simplification of the industrial-scale manufacturing of tables with or without a rocker.
Claims20
A medical examination table comprising:
- A. a pedestal;
- B. an underframe for supporting a patient bearing plate;
- C. a rocker having first and second opposed end portions pivotally connected to said underframe and to said pedestal, respectively;
- D. a first double acting actuator for pivoting said rocker with respect to said pedestal;
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- E. a second double acting actuator for pivoting said underframe with respect to said rocker.
A medical examination table comprising:
- A. a pedestal;
- B. an underframe for supporting a patient bearing plate;
- C. a rocker having first and second opposed end portions pivotally connected to said underframe and to said pedestal, respectively;
- D. a first double acting actuator for pivoting said rocker with respect to said pedestal, said first actuator being connected to said pedestal and to one of said rocker and said underframe;
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- E. a second double acting actuator for pivoting said underframe with respect to said rocker, said second actuator being fixed to said underframe and to one of said pedestal and said rocker.
A method of positioning a patient bearing surface of a medical examination table, said table including a pedestal, a rocker supported on said pedestal, and an underframe which is supported on said rocker and on which is supported said patient bearing table, said method comprising
- A. driving a first double acting actuator to pivot said rocker about said pedestal;
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- B. driving a second double acting actuator to pivot said underframe about said rocker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.