Elevating and rotating ultrasound patient stand
AssigneeCreative Ultrasound Imaging, Inc.
InventorPhilomina Duesdieker
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Abstract
An elevating and rotating patient ultrasound stand facilitates accurate ultrasound evaluation. A base provides both elevation changes and rotation. An electric motor lifts and lowers the stand, and rotates on a “lazy susan” style base. One embodiment of a lifting mechanism is a scissors style mechanism and another embodiment is a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder mechanism. The stand resides above the elevating and rotating mechanism and includes arm rests on each side. In one embodiment a seat is attachable to the stand to provide a patient with a rest from standing for a long period of time.
Claims11
An ultrasound patient stand comprising:
- an elevation apparatus rotatably mounted on a base;
- a platform mounted to the elevation apparatus, the elevation apparatus configured to raise and lower the platform;
- patient arm rests on left and right sides of a patient, wherein the arm rests are free standing and vertically supported by the platform;
- a patient seat vertically supported by the platform, wherein the patient seat is a triangular seat connected to the platform by a vertical support reaching from the platform to a bicycle style patient seat to position the triangular seat about ten inches forward of a rear edge of the platform, the triangular seat pointing towards the front of the platform to allow free movement of the patients legs;
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- the platform further having a step extension that reaches forward from the front of the platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.