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AssigneeCIVCO Medical Instruments Co., Inc.
InventorsRoger F. Wilson, Marc Mlyn, Leo G. de Mooy, Geoffrey Dalbow, Willet F. Whitmore, III, Bruce Ribble
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A system for positioning a patient on a treatment couchtop for SBRT is provided. The system includes a patient support panel and at least one positioning/fixation component for releasable mounting on the patient support panel at a desired position to immobilize a portion of the patient's body. The patient support panel includes a pair of longitudinally extending side rails having a series of longitudinally spaced indexing apertures for receipt of a locking bar for mounting a positioning/fixation component thereon at a discrete index position. The at least one positioning component includes a pair of clamping mechanisms for releasably securing that component to the side rails at any longitudinal position along the side rails.
A system for positioning a patient on a treatment table for some type of therapy that is to be repeated, wherein the position of at least a portion of the patient's body to be treated is to be held in a predetermined fixed position, said system comprising a patient support panel and at least one positioning component arranged to be releasably mounted on the patient support panel at a desired position thereon to hold the at least one portion of the patient's body at the desired position, said patient support panel comprising a generally planar member having a pair of longitudinally extending integral side rails, each of said side rails having a series of longitudinally spaced indexing apertures, said apertures being aligned in pairs for releasably mounting a first component between any of said pairs at a desired longitudinal position along said patient support panel via a component mounting bar having at least one pin projecting upward therefrom for receipt within the first component, said component mounting bar having a pair of ends, one of said ends being arranged for receipt in one of said apertures in any of said pairs of apertures and the other of said ends being arranged for receipt in the other of said apertures in said pair of apertures, said at least one positioning component comprising a bridge member bridging said panel and including at least one clamp having a mouth to receive a respective one of said side rails therein for direct releasable securement thereto at any longitudinal position therealong.
A device for use on a patient treatment table to enable some type of therapy that is to be repeated to be provided to a patient, wherein the position of at least a portion of the patient's body to be treated is to be held in a predetermined fixed position, said device comprising a frame arranged to be mounted on the treatment table, the frame comprising a pair of longitudinally extending integral side rails, each of said side rails having a series of longitudinally spaced indexing apertures, said apertures being aligned in pairs for releasably mounting a first component between any of said pairs at a desired longitudinal position along the device via a component mounting bar having at least one pin projecting upward therefrom for receipt within the first component, said component mounting bar having a pair of ends, one of said ends being arranged for receipt in one of said apertures in any of said pairs of apertures and the other of said ends being arranged for receipt in the other of said apertures in said pair of apertures, said side rails also being arranged to releasably mount at least one positioning component thereon at any longitudinal position along said side rails by means of at least one clamping member associated with said at least one positioning component, said at least one positioning component comprising a bridge member bridging said panel, said at least one clamping member having a mouth to receive a respective one of said side rails therein for direct releasable securement thereto at any longitudinal position therealong.
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