Patient support systems

US7640607B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Timothy Guertin · Saratoga, US
• Marcel Marc · San Jose, US
• Richard H. Stark · Los Altos, US
• Stanley Mansfield · Sunnyvale, US
• Majid L. Riaziat · San Jose, US
• Steven W. Prince · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 1, 2006
• Grant date: Jan 5, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 4, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N2005/1094
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A patient support system includes a patient support, and a positioning system for positioning the patient support, wherein the positioning system is capable of placing the patient support such that a point on the patient support is at a location, and rotating the patient support about a vertical axis that intersects the point, wherein the positioning system includes a first arm and a second arm rotatably coupled to the first arm, and the patient support is rotatably coupled to the second arm. A patient support system includes a first base portion rotatable about a first vertical axis, a second base portion rotatably coupled to the first base portion such that the second base portion is rotatable relative to the first base portion about a second vertical axis, a first arm coupled to the second base portion, a second arm rotatably coupled to the first arm, and a patient support rotatably coupled to the second arm.