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US 6,640,363 B1Granted
Mobile imaging table pivot mechanism
AssigneeGE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
InventorsJeffrey Wayne Pattee, Barry Keith Hanover
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Abstract
A patient table with a table pivot member is disclosed. A patient support surface supporting a patient during a medical procedure is supported by a base which includes telescopic members to move the patient support surface vertically. A table pivot member connects the patient support surface to the base. The table pivot member enables the patient support surface to pivot in at least one of tilt and lateral roll directions with respect to the base. An actuating element composed of at least two actuators is connected between the patient support surface and the base to drive the patient support surface in at least one of tilt or lateral roll directions.
Claims21
A patient table comprising:
- a patient support surface supporting a patient during a medical procedure;
- a base mounted to said patient support surface said base including telescopic remembers to move said patient support surface;
- a table pivot member pivotally connecting said base to said patient support surface, said table pivot member enabling said patient support surface to pivot in at least one of tilt and lateral roll directions with respect to said base, said table pivot member having a low vertical profile and comprising pivot shafts being located perpendicular to one another, each said pivot shaft having a diameter and being offset vertically from one another by a distance corresponding to one of said diameters;
- a table monitor detecting a position of said patient support surface;
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- an actuating element between said patient support surface and said base, said actuating element driving said patient support surface in said at least one of tilt and lateral roll directions, said table monitor detecting movement of said patient support surface in said at least one of tilt and lateral roll directions.
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A medical patient support system comprising:
- a patient table comprising:
- a patient support surface support a patient during a medical procedure;
- a base mounted to, and supporting, said patient support surface through a pivot plate, said base including telescopic members to move said patient support surface vertically;
- a table pivot member pivotally connecting said pivot plate to said base, said table pivot member enabling said patient support surface to pivot in at least one of tilt and lateral roll vertical directions with respect to said base, said table pivot member having a cross member with two pivot shafts positioned perpendicularly to one another, said two pivot shafts having a low vertical profile;
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- an actuating element connected between said pivot plate and said bas, said actuating element driving said patient support surface in said at least one of tilt and lateral roll directions;
- a position control monitor for continuously detecting the position, said at least one of tilt and lateral roll directions, of said patient table at any given time;
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- a control element connected between said position control monitor and said patient table for controlling the movement of said patient table.
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A method for aligning a patient with a medical apparatus, the method comprising:
- supporting a patient on a patient support surface during a medical procedure;
- sensing at least one of tilt and lateral roll of said patient support surface with respect to a, location of a medical apparatus,
- sensing the position of said medical apparatus to be used in the medical procedure;
- determining at least one of a desired tilt and lateral roll of said patient support surface with respect to said location of said medical apparatus;
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- positioning said patient support surface with a gimbal member to said at least one of a desired tilt and lateral roll so as to align said patient support surface with said medical apparatus, said gimbal member having a cross member with two rotation shafts positioned perpendicularly to one another and forming a low vertical profile.
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A patient table comprising:
- a patient support surface supporting a patient during a medical procedure;
- a base mounted to said patient support surface, said base including telescopic members to move said patient support surface;
- a table pivot member having a low vertical profile, said table pivot member comprising a gimbal member having a cross member with two rotation shafts each having an outside diameter and a center rotational axis, said two rotation shafts being positioned perpendicularly to one another, said center rotational axis being offset vertically from one another by a distance, substantially equal to one of said outside diameters, said table pivot member pivotally connecting said base and enabling said patient support surface to pivot in at least one of tilt and lateral roll directions with respect to said base;
- a table monitor detecting a position of said patient support surface;
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- an actuating element between said patient support surface and said base, said actuating element driving said patient support surface in said at least one of tilt and lateral roll directions, said table monitor detecting movement of said patient support surface in said at least one of tilt and lateral roll directions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.