Patient examination support system
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsTobias Hoth, Jürgen Plannerer
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Abstract
A patient examination support system comprises a support structure and a tabletop. The tabletop supported on the support structure is displaceable toward an examination region. The examination region is spaced apart from the support structure in a longitudinal direction of the tabletop, and a supporting arm, which is extendable from the support structure in a direction of the examination region, braces the tabletop.
Claims22
A patient examination support system, comprising:
- a support structure;
- a tabletop, the tabletop being supported on the support structure and displaceable toward an examination region;
- and
- a supporting arm, which is extendable from the support structure in a direction of the examination region, positioned to brace the tabletop,
- wherein the examination region is spaced apart from the support structure in a longitudinal direction of the tabletop and the directional extension of the supporting arm forms an acute angle (α) with the tabletop, the acute angle (α) remains constant as the tabletop is displaced from the support structure.
A patient examination support system, comprising:
- a support structure;
- a tabletop, the tabletop being supported on the support structure and displaceable toward an examination region, the examination region is spaced apart from the support structure in a longitudinal direction of the tabletop;
- a supporting arm, which is extendable from the support structure in a direction of the examination region, positioned to brace the tabletop;
- and
- an adjusting system provided to position the tabletop and to control the supporting arm,
- wherein a substantially precise positioning of the tabletop is dependent on a drive mechanism and a closed-loop control circuit of the tabletop.
A patient examination support system, comprising:
- a support structure;
- a tabletop, the tabletop being supported on the support structure and displaceable toward an examination region, the examination region is spaced apart from the support structure in a longitudinal direction of the tabletop;
- a supporting arm, which is extendable from the support structure in a direction of the examination region, positioned to brace the tabletop;
- and
- an adjusting system provided to position the tabletop and to control the supporting arm,
- wherein a substantially precise control of the supporting arm is dependent on a drive mechanism and a closed-loop control circuit of the supporting arm.
A patient examination support system, comprising:
- a support structure;
- a tabletop, the tabletop being supported on the support structure and displaceable toward an examination region;
- and
- a supporting arm, which is extendable from the support structure in a direction of the examination region, the supporting arm having at least one roller at a remote position from the supporting structure, the at least one roller operable to directly support the tabletop at the remote position during the displacement of the tabletop from the support structure,
- wherein the examination region is spaced apart from the support structure in a longitudinal direction of the tabletop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.