Modular patient support system

US7696499B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · US

Inventors

• Daniel W. Miller · Oriental, US
• Steve K. McAllaster · Rancho Cucamonga, US
• Jerry D. Slater · Redlands, US
• Nickolas S. Rigney · Redlands, US
• Daniel C. Anderson · Brea, US
• Michael F. Moyers · Colton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 6, 2007
• Grant date: Apr 13, 2010
• Expiry date: Oct 20, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/45117
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A radiation treatment system (100) for accurately delivering radiation to a targeted site within a cancer patient (108) that includes a modular patient support system and a patient positioner (114). The modular patient support system includes a modularly expandable patient pod (200) and at least one immobilization device, such as, for example, a rigid moldable foam cradle (350). The patient pod (200) includes a generally hemi-cylindrical support shell (212) that extends longitudinally between proximal edge (214) and distal edge (216), and transversely between two lateral edges (222, 224). In one embodiment, the lateral edges (222, 224) are tapered to minimize edge effects that result when radiation beams traverse the lateral edges (222, 224).