Surgery – Body rests – supports or positioners for therapeutic purpose
Patent
1992-11-25
1994-08-16
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Body rests, supports or positioners for therapeutic purpose
128DIG15, 5637, A61G 1500, A47C 2002
Patent
active
053377605
ABSTRACT:
A head support assembly for immobilizing the head of a supine patient during brain tomography includes a mounting panel including mounting straps for securing the assembly to the patient support table of an imaging apparatus. A head frame assembly extends from one end of the panel and includes a pair of head frame elements having upstanding leg portions and horizontal head clamping portions. An adjustment screw connects the free ends of the head frame elements to permit the clamping of a patient's head therebetween. A head sling is suspended between the head clamping portions, being adjustably attached thereto by means of hook and loop fasteners. Forehead and chin restraining straps are also adjustably secured by means of hook and loop fasteners to the head frame elements. An optional neck support strap may also be attached to the head frame elements by means of hook and loop fasteners. The entire assembly is made of a non-metallic, imagable material, preferably a high strength composite, and provides a rigid immobilization of the head in a compact construction which permits close proximity of the camera to the patient's head for nuclear medicine imaging.
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GE Medical Systems Brain Tomography Holder User Notes, pp. 1-6.
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