公开(公告)号：US5717735A

公开(公告)日：1998-02-10

申请号：US686109

申请日：1996-07-24

申请人： Tracy L. Ramsdell ,  Tina LeFabvre

发明人： Tracy L. Ramsdell ,  Tina LeFabvre

IPC分类号： A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/04 ,  A61B6/06 ,  A61B6/08 ,  G21K1/10 ,  G21K5/10 ,  H05G1/00

CPC分类号： G21K1/10 ,  A61B6/0421 ,  A61B6/0457 ,  A61B6/06 ,  A61B6/08 ,  A61B6/482 ,  A61B6/488 ,  A61B6/505 ,  A61B6/405 ,  A61B6/548 ,  A61B6/583

摘要： A medical radiological apparatus, such as an x-ray bone densitometry apparatus includes patient positioning aides for accurate patient placement and consistent positioning during a single scanning procedure, or during subsequent procedures. An optical crosshair device helps align the patient's spine along the Y-axis of the apparatus and the patient's hips along the X-axis of the apparatus, perpendicular to the spine. Spinal and forearm positioning aides help the patient maintain consistent, comfortable positions within scans. They also enable repreducibility of patient position in subsequent scans, so that scan results from one scan to another may be compared by a medical practitioner, with reasonable assurance that the respective scan results are not unduly compromised by inconsistent patient placement. The forearm positioning aide consistently places the forearm flat on the patient support table in a proper position parallel to the longitudinal table axis. The spinal positioning aide has diverging support wings which enable the patient to maintain elbows in a position off the table, in a manner which is not likely to cause spinal movement due to arm fatigue.

摘要翻译： 诸如x射线骨密度测定装置的医学放射学装置包括用于在单次扫描过程期间或在随后的过程期间准确的患者放置和一致定位的患者定位助听器。 光学十字准线装置有助于沿着设备的Y轴和患者的臀部沿装置的X轴垂直于脊柱对准患者的脊柱。 脊柱和前臂定位助手帮助患者在扫描中保持一致，舒适的位置。 它们还使后续扫描中患者位置的重现性降低，从而可以由医师比较一次扫描到另一次扫描的扫描结果，并合理地保证相应的扫描结果不会因患者位置不一致而受到不适当的损害。 前臂定位助手始终将前臂平面放置在病人支撑台上，平行于纵向工作台轴线的适当位置。 脊柱定位助手具有发散的支撑翼，其使得患者能够以不会由于手臂疲劳引起脊柱运动的方式将肘部保持在离开桌子的位置。