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Patient table docking system and method for tomography scanners

  • US 6,776,527 B1
  • Filed: 07/16/2002
  • Issued: 08/17/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A table docking system comprising:

  • a table including a base supported by at least two side by side wheels; and

    at least one docking station which is positioned with respect to an annular gantry of a tomography scanner system so that the table will be aligned in a repeatable manner with a center of rotation of the gantry when the table is received in the docking station, the docking station including, a plate receivable on a surface supporting the gantry of the tomography scanner system, and a guide wall receivable on the surface supporting the gantry spaced from the plate and positioned and oriented with respect to the plate such that a pathway for one of the side by side wheels of the patient table is defined between the guide wall and the plate.

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