Beds – Invalid bed or surgical support – Adapted for imaging
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-26
2005-04-26
Santos, Robert G. (Department: 3673)
Beds
Invalid bed or surgical support
Adapted for imaging
C378S037000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06883194
ABSTRACT:
There is provided a table for positioning a patient for a medical procedure on a breast, the table comprising: a supporting platform having a back end for supporting the patient's legs and a front end for supporting the patient's torso while the patient is in a prone position, and a cavity at the front end for allowing the breast and a surrounding axilla region to be pendantly suspended therethrough; wherein the table has a lateral depression for allowing an arm and a shoulder adjacent to the breast to extend over the table and be lowered such that skin from the axilla region is relaxed and extends through the cavity, and the table is configured to provide the depression on each side of the cavity in a position where a right shoulder would be when a right breast.
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Corbeil Luc
Gagnon Mario
Marin Peter
Orban Benoît
Pilon Christian
(Ogilvy Renault)
Anglehart James
Art Advanced Research and Technology Inc.
Daoud Alexandra
Santos Robert G.
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