Indexing Positioning System for Accurate and Repetitive Positioning of Patients in a Multimodal Environment
First Claim
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. In another embodiment, the present invention includes asymmetric indexing that can be achieved by using different indexing features from one side of the receiving device to the other. This asymmetric indexing is accomplished by using indexing features on either side of the receiving device that do not have the same geometry. As an alternative, the features can be of different geometries and the opposing features can be offset. When offset, the portion of the couchtop directly opposing a feature will be free of an indexing feature.
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52 Claims
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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, wherein the positioning feature on each of the sides is at least one independently selected from the group consisting of a notch, slat, indentation, cutout, scallop, groove, hole, protrusion, tab, pin and bar, 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 such that the area directly opposing the at least one positioning feature on the first side and the at least one positioning feature on the second side is free of a positioning feature.
- 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, a first side and a second side, 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 and the at least one indexing groove reaches from the first side to the second side.
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39. 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 at least one transverse groove on at least one surface of the support device wherein the transverse groove runs lengthwise along the support device.
- View Dependent Claims (40)
- 41. 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 the integral indexing means is at least one indexing groove, wherein the indexing groove is a continuous groove that runs the length or width of the device and wherein the top surface of the support device extends laterally beyond at least one sidewall, thereby forming a lip.
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47. 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 corresponding and directly opposing positioning feature on the second side, wherein the at least one positioning feature on the first side has a different mating geometry than the at least one positioning feature on the second side.
- View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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