Patient bed, and method for reproducibly positioning and supporting a patient therewith
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1. A patient bed configured to receive a patient thereon for reproducibly positioning and supporting the patient, said patient bed comprising:
- a bed base; and
a plurality of height-adjustable elements comprising support pegs disposed matrix-like on said bed base, each of said height-adjustable elements being individually adjustable in height relative to said bed base; and
a positioning arrangement that interacts with said plurality of height-adjustable elements to selectively adjust the respective heights of individual ones of said height-adjustable elements to selectively position a region of the patient relative to the bed base.
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Abstract
A patient bed and a method for reproducibly positioning and supporting a patient in a medical diagnosis or therapy apparatus, such as a CT apparatus or an MRI apparatus, involve supporting at least regions of the patient body in a desired position on the patient bed and using at least one positioning unit to position the regions of the patient body relative to the patient bed. The patient bed has a number of height-adjustable elements arranged like a matrix that are individually adjustable in terms of height.
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28 Claims
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1. A patient bed configured to receive a patient thereon for reproducibly positioning and supporting the patient, said patient bed comprising:
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a bed base; and a plurality of height-adjustable elements comprising support pegs disposed matrix-like on said bed base, each of said height-adjustable elements being individually adjustable in height relative to said bed base; and a positioning arrangement that interacts with said plurality of height-adjustable elements to selectively adjust the respective heights of individual ones of said height-adjustable elements to selectively position a region of the patient relative to the bed base. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for reproducibly positioning and supporting a patient on a patient bed comprising the steps of:
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disposing a patient on a patient bed and supporting said patient on said patient bed at multiple body locations of the patient with a plurality of individually height-adjustable elements; and positioning a region of the patient on the patient bed by individually adjusting the respective heights of the height-adjustable elements; and obtaining an image of a patient on the patient bed with a camera and storing said image and using said image to reposition that patient on the patient bed at a time after said image is obtained and stored. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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