Examination unit including positionable patient chair, examinati

Details Examination unit including positionable patient chair, examinati Examination unit including positionable patient chair, examinati

1989-11-13

1991-08-27

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128653SC, 128377, 269325, 378 17, 378196, A61B 505

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050424874

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method is disclosed for medically examining a patient's spine using a non-invasive technique such as computerized tomography (CT). In this apparatus and method the patient is seated in a generally vertically-oriented chair which is tiltable in a forward and rearward direction, is pivotable relative to a vertical axis, is vertically movable and is stationary so as to adjustably induce gravitational effects on the patient's back. A pivotable chair back can be included for controllably applying additional loads or flexion to the patient's back. An annularly-shaped examination device, such as as CT device, is horitonzally positioned on a support frame over the patient who is aligned with a central opening in the device. The device can be positioned about the patient and oriented horizontally or angularly displaced relative to the horizontal for optimizing or adjusting the generated image. The examination device may be tiltable about a horizontal axis transverse to the direction of tilting of the chair. Appropriate mechanisms are provided for the previously-described adjustment.

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