Device for supporting a patient for computer tomographs
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsFrank Bartels, Peter Knappe, Stefan Leidenberger
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Abstract
A device for supporting a patient is used with a computer-tomography (CT) device. The patient to be examined is to be introduced into an opening in a gantry of the CT device. The patient supporting device has a height-adjustable device disposed laterally with respect to the gantry opening and permits the height of a support for a patient to be adjusted. A support arm extends from the height-adjustable device to a fixture for supporting a stretcher and is rotatable with respect to the height adjustable device.
Claims14
A device for supporting a patient with respect to a computer tomography device, the computer tomography device having a mounting surface, comprising:
- a gantry with an examination aperture operable to receive a patient to be examined;
- a height adjusting device mounted on the gantry;
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- a load-bearing support arm operable to support a stretcher and connected with the height adjusting device such that the load-bearing support arm is adjustable in height, and the load-bearing support arm is rotatable about an axis oriented vertical to the mounting surface of the computer tomography device when the gantry is positioned to receive a patient and the mounting surface rests on a floor.
A medical system, comprising:
- a computerized tomography device having an X-ray source and an X-ray detector disposed within a gantry having an aperture configured for accepting a patient along a gantry axis thereof;
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- a height adjusting device operable to support a stretcher, the height adjusting device mounted to the gantry and a mounting axis of the height adjusting device is displaced laterally from the gantry axis when the gantry is positioned to receive a patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.