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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7317955 | Virtual operating room integration A virtual control system for an operating room establishes virtual control devices to control surgical equipment and patient monitoring equipment and to display control, status and functionality information concerning the surgical equipment and condition information... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317954 | Virtual control of electrosurgical generator functions A virtual control panel controls the functionality of an electrosurgical generator in response to interrogating, preferably optically, an object, such as a user's finger, interacting with a control panel image as an act of control input over the functionality of the... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7182511 | Ceiling mounted x-ray tube support A ceiling mount x-ray imaging assembly is provided comprising a track assembly. A carriage assembly is mounted to the track assembly and allows linear movement of said carriage assembly. An extendable column is rotatably mounted to the carriage assembly and has a ca... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7036165 | Adjustable bed with automatic adjusting head section An adjustable bed includes at a minimum a head support and a back support pivotally connected to each other, a mechanism for pivoting the head support automatically from a first position horizontal and coplanar to the back support to an inclined position, and the la... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017210 | Rising-type bed apparatus and mattress A bedplate is disposed in a bed frame. The bedplate includes a fixed bed part, right leg-raising parts and left leg-raising parts. The fixed bed parts are secured to the bed frame. The right leg-raising parts are rotatably coupled, at one end, to one end of the fixe... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6773161 | X-ray diagnostic apparatus An X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an arm supporting an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector, and a tilting bed. A joining mechanism detachably joins the arm to the bed. An arm support mechanism freely supports the arm. While the arm is joined to the bed, the arm fo... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6322250 | X-ray chair An x-ray chair, for providing support and comfort to a patient seated therein during an x-ray procedure, comprising a patient carrier and a lower mobility assembly. The patient is seated within the patient carrier, and the lower mobility assembly allows t... | 11/27/2001 |
| 5822814 | Medical diagnostic and/or therapy apparatus with a swingable patient table top A medical diagnostic and/or therapy apparatus in the form of an X-ray apparatus, including a stand (2), a C-arm (4) and a patient table top (8) which is attached to the stand by way of a supporting arm (6). In order to enable the patient table top to be c... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5778047 | Radiotherapy couch top A radiotherapy couch top has a frame and preferably a pair of beams extending parallel to each other, capable independently of moving towards or away from each other while keeping their mutually parallel longitudinal direction. For supporting the beams in... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5133000 | Arrangement for supporting and positioning X-ray cassettes in radiography Arrangement for supporting and positioning X-ray cassettes (13) in the required position in radiography of patients confined to bed. The arrangement comprises at least one holder (10) and a lifting means (30). The holder (10) may be of different design, a... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5048071 | X-ray patient examination table support system with rotating and tilting means An X-ray table top is moveably supported by a shaft extending from a support mechanism on a base to the end of the table top at one longitudinal side thereof offset from the longitudinal axis of the top. The support mechanism includes means for raising an... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4982416 | Table for supporting a patient during examination using a scintigraphic installation A scintographic installation includes a patient-supporting table (10) and a stand (11) whose support column (19) is moveable along an axis OX. The invention lies in the fact that the table (10) is mounted on a rail (15) which is capable of taking up diffe... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4912754 | X-ray patient support apparatus An X-ray table top is moveably supported by a shaft extending from a support mechanism on a base to the end of the table top at one longitudinal side thereof offset from the longitudinal axis of the top. The support mechanism includes means for raising an... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4905266 | Film cartridge support for bed-like stretcher The present invention provide an x-ray film cartridge support for a bed-like stretcher. When the x-ray film cartridge support is attached to the crossbars of a stretcher, the support remains stationary thereon during the taking of x-rays especially when t... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4856413 | Examination apparatus with mass balancing for a part thereof which is pivotable about an axis The invention relates to an examination apparatus with a mass balancing device. The balancing device comprises a compressed air cylinder which operates as a gas pressure operated spring. The internal pressure of the cylinder can be controlled, by a pressu... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4850003 | Apparatus for positioning a patient's head for producing remote X-ray photographs The invention is directed to an apparatus for positioning a patient's head for producing a remote X-ray photograph of the skull of the patient. The apparatus includes a device for holding the skull, which is mounted at one end of a cross carrier which is ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4731889 | Safety latch for a tilting bed This invention provides a highly reliable safety device having a high fail-safe feature, which comprises a sector gear rotatably supported on a support base, a bed section supported on the sector gear and tiltable to a predetermined diagnostic angle anywh... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4719646 | X-ray apparatus with source distortion compensation The apparatus enables the taking of multiple X-ray photographs of the legs and pelvis of a patient. A platform is rotatably mounted on a base member, and is provided with means for keeping the patient still in a standardized standing position. With only m... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4651364 | X-ray cassette holder for a trauma stretcher A cassette holder is provided for use with a wheeled stretcher or the like. The holder is slidably and pivotably mounted to a pair of support tubes positioned beneath the top board of the stretcher. It may accordingly be positioned beneath any portion of ... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4541108 | X-Ray apparatus with tilting table X-ray apparatus has a rotor on a standard, the rotor including two rings, one fixed on the rotor and the other rotating on an axis normal to the rotor axis. Posts on the rotating ring parallel to its axis carry an X-ray tube and an X-ray receptor on a rad... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4504050 | Head support A head support for examination of a subject who is oriented in a prone position on a platform which includes a base positioned on the platform, at least one flange extending from the base, a faceplate connected to the flange defining a support for coopera... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4484343 | Tilting table X-ray apparatus A remote-controlled, tilting table X-ray apparatus comprises a patient-supporting table carried by a tilting frame. An X-ray examining assembly comprises an X-ray source spaced above the table. A film-holder selector is disposed beneath the table. A tilt ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4392096 | Sectional X-ray table having dual servo drives An X-ray table base, an intermediate support mounted on the base for moving bidirectionally, and a carriage with a patient cradle on it mounted for moving bidirectionally on the support. There are individual servomotors for driving the support and cradle,... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4334155 | X-ray examination apparatus, comprising an examination table which can be swivelled around a horizontal axis In an X-ray examination apparatus comprising an examination table which can be tilted around a horizontal shaft, a mechanical coupling between the X-ray source and the image section is replaced by a coupling between the table and the image section, the im... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4229656 | X-ray orienting apparatus Precise orientation of an x-ray apparatus in which the x-ray tube and film cassette are mounted on opposite ends of a C-shaped arm is facilitated by a chair for the patient which is precisely movable along X and Y axes with the digital readout of adjusted... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4197465 | X-ray table An X-ray table of the tiltable type in which a tower assembly is movably carried by a table body. The tower assembly includes a mast or column that is carried by a carriage and movable relative to the carriage in a path transverse to the longitudinal exte... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4153841 | Pneumoencephalography chair Chair apparatus specially adapted for detachable mounting on a tiltable tomography table to restrain and support a patient and his head for tomographic exposures during pneumoencephalography. The chair apparatus positions the patient's head close to the t... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4114039 | X-ray apparatus An X-ray apparatus constituted by a roentgenographic pedestal having a patient's table on top thereof; a supporting member secured on the pedestal and extending in the direction away from the surface of the table and having an end surface arranged so that... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4103170 | Portable medical table Adjustable, hinged, table top sections above a rigid base respectively support the head, back, seat, upper and lower legs of the patient. Each top section has an open-ended horizontal slot for slidably receiving an X-ray plate, and vertical slots which ar... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4064500 | Strain detection apparatus and method for radiological equipment Apparatus and method are disclosed for detecting excess strain or failure in a main cable interconnecting a movable tower and counterweight assembly in a tiltable X-ray table. A secondary cable, substantially parallel to the main cable, is provided for su... | 12/20/1977 |
| 3934140 | X-ray diagnostic apparatus in particular for examining the injured An X-ray diagnostic apparatus intended in particular for the examination of the injured comprising: an X-ray tube-carrying arm member and a film-handling device which are respectively carried by two coaxial shafts, the common axis of which passes through ... | 01/20/1976 |
