Patient positioning system for radiotherapy

US6865411B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Brainlab AG · DE

Inventors

• Stephan Erbel · Munich, DE
• Stephan Fröhlich · Aschheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 7, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 8, 2005
• Expiry date: Apr 16, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N5/1064
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention concerns a patient positioning system for radiotherapy, comprising a device for positioning a patient within the framework of treatment planning, using image detection and/or carrying out radiation treatment, comprising a patient bed (3, 42, 50) on which a patient is positioned, wherein means are provided by which the same bed (3, 42, 50) may be arranged both on a planning couch (8) for image detection within the framework of treatment planning as well as on a radiotherapy table (1, 44), and by providing a reference means (54) on the patient bed by which the position of the immobilized patient or of a marked radiation target is determined with respect to the patient bed (3, 42, 50). Within this framework, a corresponding method is also provided, as well as an adjusting means for the transport and the bed.