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US 5,950,262 AGranted
Rotatable examination table
AssigneeAmerican Echo, Inc.
InventorsMartin Smoler, Michael G. Falbo, Sr.
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Abstract
A preferred patient examination table (10) includes a selectively engageable, pivot mechanism (14) allowing the table (10) to be pivoted about an upright pivot axis (98) in order to position the table (10) as needed for ready access to examination equipment (88) by performing a procedure with either a left or right hand.
Claims14
A patient examination table apparatus comprising:
- a table assembly including a deck presenting a pair of opposed ends and a pair of opposed sides, and including structure defining at least one access site adjacent one of the sides configured and positioned for receiving a body portion of an examiner to enable the examiner to examine a patient on the deck, and support means shiftably supporting said deck on a support surface;
- and pivot means coupled with said assembly for engaging the support surface at only one contact site in a manner to define an upright pivot axis for enabling rotation of said assembly about said pivot axis.
A patient examination table apparatus comprising:
- a deck;
- and
- support means shiftably supporting said deck on a support surface,
- said deck presenting a first end and an opposed second end, and a first side and an opposed second side, and including structure defining a first access site adjacent said first side and second and third access sites adjacent said second side,
- said first site being configured and positioned for receiving a medical examination probe therethrough from below said deck into contact with the heart region of a patient lying on said deck in a first position with the patient's head adjacent said first end,
- said second site being configured and positioned for receiving a body portion of an examiner to enable the examiner to reach over a patient in said first position and place the probe held in the examiner's right hand into contact with the patient's heart region through said first site, and
- said third site being configured and positioned for receiving a medical examination probe therethrough from below said deck into contact with the heart region of a patient lying on said deck in a second position with the patient's head adjacent said second end.
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