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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alfred Hahn, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G / ; A61G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5601 ; 5610 ; 378209 ;
Abstract
A support apparatus for supporting and positioning a patient during a medical examination includes a patient support plate and a combination of elements for lifting and pivoting the support plate which operate to pivot the support plate around a stationary, virtual (i.e., non-load bearing) axis disposed at an end region of the support plate.