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Medical table and X-ray imaging apparatus

US7828481B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 2008
Grant dateNov 9, 2010
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B42/025
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical table wherein a top board on which a patient is placed is supported by a base having an internal instrument so as to be movable parallel to the board surface, the medical table includes a detecting device that detects the possibility that a hand or fingers, which grip the top board, come in contact with the internal instrument during the movement of the top board or internal instrument, and a preventing device that prevents the movement of the top board or the internal instrument on the basis of a detection signal of the detecting device.

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