Indexing positioning system for accurate and repetitive positioning of patients in a multimodal environment
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1. A patient support device comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, two sides and at least two sidewalls;
- wherein the first side contains an integral indexing means and the second side is free of indexing means; and
wherein the integral indexing means comprises at least one positioning feature.
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Abstract
A patient support device for accurately and repeatably positioning a patient for treatment. The device comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, two sides and at least two sidewalls. The device can include an integral indexing means and an accessory device adaptor for receiving various accessories. The device can incorporate chamfered edge technology and can include indexing grooves on at least one surface of the device.
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1. A patient support device comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, two sides and at least two sidewalls;
- wherein the first side contains an integral indexing means and the second side is free of indexing means; and
wherein the integral indexing means comprises at least one positioning feature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- wherein the first side contains an integral indexing means and the second side is free of indexing means; and
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7. A patient support system comprising;
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a) a patient support device comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, two sides and at least two sidewalls, b) an integral indexing means comprising at least one positioning feature on a first side, c) a second side that is free of positioning features, and d) at least one accessory device removably secured to at least one positioning feature. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A patient support device comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, two sides, at least two sidewalls and an integral indexing means;
- wherein the integral indexing means comprises at least one positioning feature on the first side and at least one positioning feature on the second side and, wherein the at least one positioning feature on the first side is asymmetrically spaced from the at least one positioning feature on the second side.
- View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
- 25. A patient support device comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, two sides, at least two sidewalls, and an integral indexing means for accurate and repeatable patient positioning, wherein at least two sidewalls are chamfered.
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28. A patient support device of 27, wherein the positioning features on the sides are independently selected from the group consisting of a notch, slat, indentation, cutout, scallop, groove, hole, protrusion, tab, pin and bar.
- 36. A patient support device comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, two sides, at least two sidewalls and an integral indexing means, wherein the integral indexing means is incorporated into at least one surface of the device and wherein, the integral indexing means is at least one indexing groove.
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