Method of and apparatus for positioning a patient for the taking of an X-ray
OwnerGlenn G. Strawderinventor
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Abstract
A device for positioning a patient adjacent an X-ray cassette has a plate on which a part of a human body may be located and a socket adjacent the plate. The socket has at least two slots. The two slots have different widths for receiving cassettes of different sizes. However, only one size of cassette is used at a time. The plate may be slipped between a part of the human body and a backboard to which such body is strapped. This positions a part of the body adjacent a cassette in one of said slots. The plate may also have a slanted surface to facilitate positioning a part of the body on the plate.
Claims19
A device for positioning a part of a patient adjacent an X-ray cassette for the purpose of taking an X-ray, comprising:
- a socket defining at least two elongated parallel slots that are closely adjacent to each other, said slots having different widths, each slot being of a size that will hold an X-ray cassette, and
- a plate, adjacent said socket, for receiving the part of the patient to be X-rayed,
- said plate being connected to said socket.
A device for positioning a part of a patient adjacent an X-ray cassette for the purpose of taking an X-ray, comprising:
- a socket having a slot for receiving an X-ray cassette,
- a plate connected to said socket for positioning a part of a patient adjacent said slot,
- said plate having upper and lower surfaces each of which has a free end, said lower surface having a slanted portion that tapers from said lower surface to the free end of said upper surface, said slanted surface being at an obtuse angle to the remainder of said lower surface and being at an acute angle to said upper surface.
A device for positioning a part of a patient adjacent an X-ray cassette for the purpose of taking an X-ray, comprising:
- a socket defining at least tyro parallel, elongated, slots that are closely adjacent to each other, the slots being of different widths so that they may receive different X-ray cassettes respectively, and
- means for supporting a part of a patient adjacent said socket comprising a plate extending away from said socket in a direction that is transverse to said parallel slots.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.