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Modular patient support system

  • US 7,173,265 B2
  • Filed: 08/12/2004
  • Issued: 02/06/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A modular patient support system for efficiently securing a cancer patient in a fixed position during radiation treatment and for repositioning the patient to the fixed position for any subsequent radiation treatments pursuant to a radiation treatment protocol, the support system comprising:

  • a modular patient pod, comprising;

    a longitudinally-extending, generally hemi-cylindrical support shell extending from a shell proximal edge through a shell longitudinal center section to a shell distal edge, the shell having a bottom transverse concave surface, a top transverse concave surface, a first upwardly-extending lateral edge, and a second upwardly-extending lateral edge,a proximal extension track connected to the shell proximal edge,a distal extension track connected to the shell distal edge, anda positioner-pod connector attached to the shell bottom surface between the shell proximal edge and the shell longitudinal center section; and

    a first immobilization device.

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