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US 7,742,562 B2Granted
Lower-torso assembly of a treatment couch useable in an X-ray environment
AssigneeAccuray Incorporated
InventorAdam J. Weber
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Abstract
A treatment couch having a tabletop that has a radiolucent region, and a lower-torso assembly that has a first slide member coupled to a slot of the tabletop, a second slide member coupled to a slot of the first slide member, and a link member coupled to the first and second slide members. The lower-torso assembly may be configured to adjust a patient along a longitudinal direction relative to a shoulder line of the tabletop while the lower-torso assembly remains outside the radio lucent region of the tabletop.
Claims68
A method, comprising:
- loading a patient onto a treatment couch having a tabletop and a lower-torso assembly;
- adjusting the patient along a longitudinal direction relative to a shoulder line of the tabletop using the lower-torso assembly while the lower-torso assembly remains outside a radiolucent region of the tabletop;
- and
- converting the lower-torso assembly between a bolster seat and a flat tabletop.
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A method, comprising:
- loading a patient onto a treatment couch having a tabletop and a lower-torso assembly;
- adjusting the patient along a longitudinal direction relative to a shoulder line of the tabletop using the lower-torso assembly while the lower-torso assembly remains outside a radiolucent region of the tabletop;
- and
- converting the lower-torso assembly between a seat configuration and a flat configuration, wherein a top surface of the lower-torso assembly is configured to be flat along the substantially same plane as a top surface of the tabletop in the flat configuration, and wherein a top surface of an upper section of the lower-torso assembly is positioned to be at an angle with respect to the plane of the top surface of the tabletop in the seat configuration.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a tabletop having a radiolucent region;
- and
- a lower-torso assembly coupled to the tabletop, wherein the lower-torso assembly comprises:
- a first slide member coupled to a slot of the tabletop;
- a second slide member coupled to a slot of the first slide member;
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- a link member coupled to the first slide member and the second slide member, wherein the first slide member, second slide member, and link member are disposed outside the radiolucent region of the tabletop.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a tabletop;
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- means for positioning patients of various heights at a shoulder line on the tabletop while the means for positioning patients remain outside a radiolucent region of the tabletop, and wherein the radiolucent region is above the lowest point of the rear pelvic area of the human body, wherein the means for positioning patients comprises:
- means for moving a patient in the longitudinal direction relative to the shoulder line of the tabletop, wherein the means for moving the patient remain outside the radiolucent region of the tabletop;
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- means for converting the positioning means between a flat configuration and a bolster seat configuration.
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A system, comprising:
- a radiation treatment system comprising a radiation source;
- and
- a treatment couch upon which a patient is disposed, wherein the treatment couch comprises:
- a tabletop having a radiolucent region;
- and
- a lower-torso assembly coupled to the tabletop, wherein the lower-torso assembly comprises:
- a first slide member coupled to a slot of the tabletop;
- a second slide member coupled to a slot of the first slide member;
- and
- a link member coupled to the first slide member and the second slide member, wherein the slots of the tabletop and the slot of the first slide member are disposed outside the radiolucent region of the tabletop.
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A system, comprising:
- a computed tomography (CT) scanner;
- and
- a treatment couch upon which a patient is disposed, wherein the treatment couch comprises:
- a tabletop having a radiolucent region;
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- a lower-torso assembly coupled to the tabletop, wherein the lower-torso assembly comprises:
- a first slide member coupled to a slot of the tabletop;
- a second slide member coupled to a slot of the first slide member;
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- a link member coupled to the first slide member and the second slide member, wherein the slots of the tabletop and the slot of the first slide member are disposed outside the radiolucent region of the tabletop.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a treatment couch, to load a patient thereon, having a tabletop and a lower-torso assembly, wherein the lower-torso assembly is configured to:
- adjust the patient along a longitudinal direction relative to a shoulder line of the tabletop while the lower-torso assembly remains outside a radiolucent region of the tabletop;
- and
- convert the lower-torso assembly between a bolster seat and a flat tabletop.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.