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Cti Pet Systems, Inc.

Franck Picker

George E Loveday, Iv

Lewis Ronald Carroll

George O Hendry

A patient handling system ( ) for use with a medical imaging or radiation therapy device, and an associated pallet mounting apparatus ( ) for releasably mounting a pallet ( ) on the pallet support assembly ( ) of a patient handling system. The patient handling system ( ) includes a pallet ( ) for supporting a patient, and a pallet support assembly ( ) for supporting the pallet ( ) and for positioning the pallet ( ) to facilitate the scanning of a patient positioned on the pallet ( ) using the medical imaging device, or to facilitate the application of radiation therapy to a patient using a radiation therapy device. The pallet mounting apparatus ( ) includes a first interlocking member, or base member ( ), mounted on the pallet support assembly ( ), and a second interlocking member, or pallet engaging member ( ), mounted on the pallet ( ) for releasably interlocking with the base member ( ), whereby selective vertical pivoting of the pallet engaging member ( ) relative to the base member ( ) permits selective disengagement of the pallet engaging member ( ) from the base member ( ) to facilitate release of the pallet ( ) from the pallet support assembly ( ).

Patient handling system and associated pallet mounting apparatus

A cyclotron and associated magnet coil and coil fabricating process. The cyclotron (10) includes a return yoke (12) defining a cavity (28) therein. A plurality of wedge-shaped regions called 'hills' (29) are disposed in the return yoke (12), and voids called 'valleys' (34) are defined between the hills (29). A single, substantially circular magnet coil (40) surrounds and axially spans the hills (29) and the valleys (34). The cyclotron magnet coil fabricating process includes the steps of securing a first end portion of a continuous length of sheet conductor to a substantially circular base, and positioning a first end portion of a length of insulator material coated on opposite sides with a thermosetting resin between the first end portion of the sheet conductor and the base. The length of sheet conductor and the length of insulator material are then wound about the base, and the magnet coil is heated to a temperature sufficient to cause the thermosetting resin to flow and wet adjacent turns of the sheet conductor.

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Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America

Franck Picker