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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:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Moataz Karmalawy, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 1/300 ; A61G 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 1/300 ; A61G 7/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention describes an apparatus for an improved patient support table for use in nuclear medical studies. The table provides regions, such as a slot or hole, where there is lowered radiation attenuation for particular regions of the body. By supporting and aligning the patient with these regions of lowered radiation attenuation, better image quality and/or lowered radiation dosage may be achieved.