Support device for a patient

US7216383B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Dieter Heinl · Erbendorf, DE
• Arnulf Oppelt · Spardorf, DE
• Markus Petsch · Erlangen, DE
• Johann Seissl · Erlangen, DE
• Kerstin Waldbach · Kirchenpingarten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 27, 2004
• Grant date: May 15, 2007
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G2200/32
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A patient support device which can be connected to patient placement devices of medical examination or treatment equipment, for example an MRI device, an X-ray machine, or of ambulances. The patient support device supports a patient during medical examination and treatment. The patient support device has a structural rigidity that is less than a minimal rigidity that enables the patient support device to be self-supporting while the patient is resting thereon. Such a patient support device can be designed in a simple manner in such a way that it can be used in MRI devices, as well as in devices of other types, and can be transferred between the devices without repositioning of the patient on different support devices.