US 9,282,937 B2 · Couch with patient-inclining device

Abstract

A couch with a patient-inclining device (10) includes a tabletop (28), a pair of second rails (15) arranged below the tabletop, a second moving section (16) having a pair of second sliders (17) which are movable on the pair of second rails, a pair of block bodies (22A and 22B) which are movable on the pair of second rails, drive mechanisms (23A and 23B) which linearly move the block bodies with respect to the second moving section, a support section (26) provided on the second moving section to support the tabletop, and levers (27A and 27B), each having one end connected to the tabletop and the other end connected to the associated one of the pair of block bodies.

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Dependent claims

A couch with a patient-inclining device, comprising:

a tabletop on which a test object is placed;
a pair of rails arranged in one direction below the tabletop;
a moving section having a pair of sliders movable on the pair of rails;
a pair of block bodies movable on the pair of rails;
drive mechanisms linearly moving the block bodies in the one direction with respect to the moving section;
a support section directly connected to the moving section to support the tabletop;
and
levers, each having one end connected to the tabletop and the other end connected to the associated one of the pair of block bodies, wherein the drive mechanisms comprise:
a first drive mechanism moving one of the pair of block bodies with respect to the moving section;
and
a second drive mechanism moving the other of the pair of block bodies with respect to the moving section, wherein the levers comprise:
a first lever directly connected to the one of the pair of block bodies;
and
a second lever directly connected to the other of the pair of block bodies, and
wherein the one end of the first lever and the one end of the second lever are connected to the tabletop at positions different from each other, wherein the positions are different from a position at which the support section supports the tabletop.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Summary765 words

#The present invention relates to a couch with a patient-inclining device.

#Priority is claimed on Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-034235, filed Feb. 20, 2012, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference.

#Conventionally, a radiation irradiation device for performing radiation treatment is provided with a couch having a bed moving relative to an isocenter of the radiation irradiation device, for the purpose of determining an irradiation position of radiation onto a patient.

Brief description of the drawings6 figures

#FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a couch with a patient-inclining device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

#FIG. 2 is a side view illustrating a partial configuration of the couch.

#FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 2.

Detailed description2,698 words

#Hereinafter, a couch with a patient-inclining device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

#FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a radiation treatment system 1 including the couch with a patient-inclining device 10 according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a side view illustrating a partial configuration of the couch with a patient-inclining device 10. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a top view schematically illustrating a portion of the couch with a patient-inclining device 10.

#The couch with a patient-inclining device 10 (hereinafter, simply referred to as “a couch 10”) of the embodiment is applied, for example, as a portion of the radiation treatment system 1 including a radiation irradiation device 2.

Facts

Application

14/379,337Filed 21 Dec 2012

Priority

JP 2012-03423520 Feb 2012

Published

US 2015/0020313 A122 Jan 2015

Granted

15 Mar 2016

Term ends

1 Jan 2033

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 11 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification10 codes

A61B 6/0407
Positioning of patients; Tiltable beds or the like: supports, e.g. tables or beds, for the body or parts of the body
A61G 7/005
Having adjustable mattress frame: tiltable around transverse horizontal axis, e.g. for Trendelenburg position
A61G 7/018
Having adjustable mattress frame: control or drive mechanisms
A61B 6/03
Arrangements for diagnosis sequentially in different planes; Stereoscopic radiation diagnosis: computed tomography [CT]

Timeline

20 Feb 2012Priority claimedJP 2012-034235
21 Dec 2012Application filedUS 14/379,337
18 Aug 2014Assigned to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.assignment of assignor's interest
22 Jan 2015PublishedUS 2015/0020313 A1
15 Mar 2016GrantedUS 9,282,937 B2
27 Jun 2017Assigned to Hitachi, Ltd.assignment of assignor's interest
11 Jul 2024Assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Corporationassignment of assignor's interest
12 Oct 2026TodayWithin its term
1 Jan 2033Term endsEstimated, includes 11 days of adjustment

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