Beds – Invalid bed or surgical support – Adapted for imaging
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-20
2005-09-20
Grosz, Alexander (Department: 3673)
Beds
Invalid bed or surgical support
Adapted for imaging
C005S607000, C378S209000, C600S415000, C600S410000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06944895
ABSTRACT:
There is described method and apparatus for supporting a patient's body in a MR scanner, including supporting it to rotate about its longitudinal axis and cant about a point on the longitudinal axis. Also provided are method and apparatus for supporting a patient's head and neck and using a surgical head-holder. Yet another embodiment of the invention provides method and apparatus for attaching first and second stirrups to a member supporting the patient. According to yet another embodiment, the invention provides for keeping two or more different members for supporting a patient's body during a medical procedure conducted in conjunction with an MR scanner, wherein each member is adapted to be detachably inserted into a bore of the MR scanner, and wherein each member provides for a different patient support functionality, selecting one of the different members for use in a medical procedure, positioning a patient's body on the selected member, and engaging the member with the MR scanner such that the member is disposed at least in part in a bore of the scanner.
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Grosz Alexander
Regents of the University of Minnesota
Schwegman Lundberg Woessner & Kluth P.A.
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