EP 2563227 A2 20130306 - APPARATUS FOR RADIOLUCENT PATIENT POSITIONING AND METHOD OF USING THE APPARATUS
Title (en)
APPARATUS FOR RADIOLUCENT PATIENT POSITIONING AND METHOD OF USING THE APPARATUS
Title (de)
VORRICHTUNG ZUR STRAHLENDURCHLÄSSIGEN PATIENTENPOSITIONIERUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERWENDUNG DER VORRICHTUNG
Title (fr)
APPAREIL DE POSITIONNEMENT DE PATIENT PERMETTANT LA RADIOTRANSPARENCE ET PROCÉDÉ D'UTILISATION DE L'APPAREIL
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 32925310 P 20100429
- US 2011034681 W 20110429
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2011139924A2] A positioning system is provided that effectively engage the patient's neck/shoulder area so as to enable the caudally migration of the patient's neck/shoulder(s). An instance of the system includes a puller member for engaging a patient's neck/shoulder area and applying a pulling force thereupon. A support member is provided that is joined to the pulling member at a location away from where the engagement portion of the pulling member contacts the patient during normal use. The support member and the joining thereto are operational to enable the pulling member to adjustably maintain a substantially fixed vertical elevation that aligns the engagement portion of the pulling member to effectively engage the patient's neck/shoulder area; and, the support member also has a variable shuttle member that is adjustably joined to a guide member for adjusting the removable joining position of the support member along a length of a guide member. This guide member is configured to have a substantially parallel orientation relative to a longitudinal axis of the engagement portion of the pulling member such that the pulling member is operable for being positioned relative to the patient and effectively engage the patient's neck/shoulder area so as to enable the caudally migration of the patient's neck/shoulder(s). A method for using the apparatus is also included.
IPC 8 full level
A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 8/13 (2006.01); A61F 5/05 (2006.01); A61F 5/37 (2006.01); A61G 1/04 (2006.01); A61G 13/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 6/0421 (2013.01); A61B 6/0428 (2013.01); A61F 5/3769 (2013.01); A61G 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 6/0442 (2013.01); A61B 6/0492 (2013.01); A61B 2562/17 (2017.07); A61G 2210/50 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2011139924 A2 20111110; WO 2011139924 A3 20120315; WO 2011139924 A8 20120202; CN 102958441 A 20130306; EP 2563227 A2 20130306; EP 2563227 A4 20140108; JP 2013525005 A 20130620
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2011034681 W 20110429; CN 201180025826 A 20110429; EP 11778078 A 20110429; JP 2013508065 A 20110429