40 results about "Patient positioner" patented technology

A computer controlled robot system for positioning a patient for radiation therapy or other medical procedures and the like. The robot is mounted at the top of a vertical shaft extending from the treatment room floor and includes horizontal arms arranged to maximize the available work envelope and eliminate “dead spots” in the envelope that the robot cannot reach. A double redundant coupling system for coupling devices to the robot is provided. A vision based docking system is employed for automatically coupling devices to the robot. Various enhanced safety features are provided, including device specific collision avoidance.

A patient positioner for maintaining a patient's position during a medical procedure is provided. The patient positioner includes a generally rectangular body anchoring portion having a longitudinally disposed head and tail ends and two transversely disposed opposing side ends, placeable atop an operating table. There are a pair of spaced apart chest straps, a pair of spaced apart support base straps, a pair of upper arm straps, and a pair of wrist straps. There is a generally rectangular substrate backing having a longitudinally disposed head and tail ends and two transversely disposed opposing side ends, substantially concentrically disposed on and fixedly attached to the body anchoring portion. In one embodiment, an extender strap is further provided to facilitate securement of the support base straps to a support structure. In use, the body anchoring portion is positioned under the patient's torso with the substrate backing side ends wrapped over the arms while the chest straps are brought over the patient's shoulders and criss-crossed over the patient's chest and secured on an opposing side rail while the upper arm and wrist straps are brought from underneath the patient's torso and wrapped over the patient's arms. The support base straps are placed through a break of the operating table and brought around the support base and secured to each other to prevent the patient from sliding toward the head end of the operating table in the Trendelenburg position.

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device and a control method thereof reduce the preparation time for MRI photographing a patient. A patient table has a transfer unit for moving a patient inside the magnet assembly. A fixing unit includes a signal transmitting unit for transmitting a signal such as an optical signal, an ultrasound signal or an RF signal. A signal receiving unit is installed on a diagnosis area of the patient or a radio frequency (RF) coil attached to a diagnosis area of the patient, and a patient position determination system calculates position information of the diagnosis area of the patient or the RF coil if the signal receiving unit detects a signal output from the signal transmitting unit when the transfer unit transfers the patient to inside the magnet assembly and to transfer the diagnosis area of the patient to an optimum photographic area inside the magnet assembly (i.e. the isocentre of the magnet assembly) based on the position information.

A patient positioner for maintaining a patient's position during a medical procedure is provided. The patient positioner includes a generally rectangular body anchoring portion having a longitudinally disposed head and tail ends and two transversely disposed opposing side ends, placeable atop an operating table. There are a pair of spaced apart chest straps, a pair of spaced apart table straps, a pair of upper arm straps, and a pair of wrist straps. There is a generally rectangular substrate backing having a longitudinally disposed head and tail ends and two transversely disposed opposing side ends, substantially concentrically disposed on and fixedly attached to the body anchoring portion. In use, the body anchoring portion is positioned under the patient's torso with the substrate backing side ends wrapped over the arms while the chest straps are brought over the patient's shoulders and criss-crossed over the patient's chest and secured on an opposing side rail while the upper arm and wrist straps are brought from underneath the patient's torso and wrapped over the patient's arms. The table straps are placed through a break of the operating table and secured to a surface underneath the operating table to prevent the patient from sliding toward the head end of the operating table in the Trendelenburg position.

A patient positioner for maintaining a patient's position during a medical procedure is provided. The patient positioner includes a generally rectangular body anchoring portion having a longitudinally disposed head and tail ends and two transversely disposed opposing side ends, placeable atop an operating table, a pair of spaced apart chest straps, a pair of spaced apart table straps, a pair of upper arm straps, and a pair of wrist straps. There is a generally rectangular substrate backing having a longitudinally disposed head and tail ends and two transversely disposed opposing side ends, substantially concentrically disposed on and fixedly attached to the body anchoring portion. In use, the table straps are placed through a break of the operating table and secured to the head end of the operating table to prevent the patient from sliding toward the head end of the operating table in the Trendelenburg position.

An integrated modular system for managing plurality of medical devices in an interventional procedure room and usable in conjunction with a patient positioner having an articulating tabletop is disclosed. The integrated modular system comprises a wheeled base; an upwardly extended support structure mounted on the wheeled base; two or more device integration modules removably mounted on the upwardly extended support structure; one or more coupling devices arranged in a linearly guided fashion with the upwardly extended support structure; wherein the one or more coupling devices couples the articulating tabletop of a patient positioner and the upwardly extended support structure.

The invention includes both a method for acquiring the position of a patient's anterior pelvic plane, and a patient positioner or holder (apparatus) for securing a patient and acquiring the position of the patient's anterior pelvic plane. The method and apparatus facilitate definition of the anterior pelvic plane (APP) in the context of computer assisted hip surgery.

A positioning system for radiation therapy comprises a patient positioner drive unit for moving a patient positioner supporting a patient, a snout drive unit for rotating a snout including a collimator set therein, and a processing unit for controlling the snout drive unit and the patient positioner drive unit such that the positioning of the patient is performed by moving the patient positioner supporting the patient after the positioning of the collimator has been performed by rotating the snout including the collimator set therein. Exposure of the patient to X-rays irradiated for the positioning can be reduced.

A teletherapy treatment arrangement constituted of: a control unit; a 3 dimensional imager having an effective patient plane; at least one 2 dimensional imager arranged to provide a pair of 2 dimensional images along planes generally orthogonal to the effective patient plane of the 3 dimensional imager; and a patient positioner arranged to secure a target tissue in a fixed relationship to the patient positioner, the control unit arranged to: input a planned treatment position of the patient target tissue; in the event that the planned treatment position is consonant with the effective patient plane of the 3 dimensional imager, obtain position information of the target tissue from the 3 dimensional imager, and in the event that the planned treatment position is not consonant with the effective patient plane of the 3 dimensional imager, obtain position information of the target tissue from the at least one 2 dimensional imager.

A patient positioner (100) includes a central portion (102) and a pair of shoulder restraints (105,106) extending distally away from a first side (107) of the central portion. Each shoulder restraint can terminate at an attachment area (108,109). Each attachment area can comprise fastener (114,115). Complementary fasteners (214,215) can be disposed on the central portion (102). The shoulder restraints can then be folded (116) about a patient's shoulders, with the fasteners attaching to the complementary fasteners. A plurality of securement straps (121,122,123,124,125,126) configured to attach the patient positioner to a procedure table (701) can extend distally from the second side (110) and the third side (111) of the central portion, respectively.

The invention discloses an automatic sterile movable operating room which comprises an emergency ambulance and a movable operating room body; the movable operating room body is movably installed on one side of the emergency ambulance; the movable operating room body and the emergency ambulance can be used independently; the movable operating room body comprises a movable base, a foldable operating room, a disinfection top cover and a movable operating lamp; during use, the movable operating room body slides from the top of an ambulance body to the side face to be opened, the operating room is automatically folded and transported to the top of the ambulance after an operation is completed, and carrying is very convenient; large side plates and small side plates are driven by a sequential folding mechanism of the foldable operating room to be opened in sequence, a top plate rotates to cover the top, the operating room is built and disinfected, and sterile air is provided for a bottom plate through a super clean bench, so that the interior of the operating room is kept sterile, and the rescue time is saved through an overall foldable design and a portable design of equipment; and when the ambulance is moved to the position of a patient, the patient can be treated in time in an emergency operating room, and the best rescue time is prevented from being missed.