Sunday, July 19, 2009

Accuray patent

Method and apparatus for patient loading and unloading

United States Patent 7,552,490
Saracen , et al. June 30, 2009

Method and apparatus for patient loading and unloading

Abstract

A method and apparatus of a positioning system are described to position an upper-half of a body relative to a head-end of a couch. The positioning system may be a patient positioning system and may include a treatment couch, a leg rest coupled to the treatment couch, and a drive mechanism coupled to the leg rest. The patient positioning system may also include a treatment couch, having a base portion of a treatment couch and plurality of detachable portions of the treatment couch. The plurality of detachable portions to adjust a height of the treatment couch to accommodate differing heights of patients.


Inventors: Saracen; Michael J. (Oakland, CA), Carrano; Aaron W. (San Jose, CA), Allison; John W. (Los Altos, CA), Kuduvalli; Gopinath R. (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Accuray Incorporated (Sunnyvale, CA)
Appl. No.: 11/339,717
Filed: January 24, 2006

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