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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2003
Alan W. Henley, Knoxville, TN (US);
Charles A. Brenner, Friendsville, TN (US);
Mark S. Hawley, Knoxville, TN (US);
Alan W. Henley, Knoxville, TN (US);
Charles A. Brenner, Friendsville, TN (US);
Mark S. Hawley, Knoxville, TN (US);
CTI PET Systems, Inc., Knoxville, TN (US);
Abstract
A rail system for supporting a patient gantry including a fixed rail assembly mounted on a support surface and a service rail assembly releasably securable to the fixed rail assembly. Each rail assembly includes a bar and a top rail. An alignment device is provided for aligning the top rails of each assembly and is configured so that the rails cannot be interchanged. A lever is provided for positively securing the service rail assembly to either the fixed rail assembly or in a first receptor defined by a mounting block secured to a bearing block and on which is mounted the patient gantry. A toggle clamp includes a pin selectively received in a locating hole defined in the fixed rail assembly. If the toggle clamp has not been engaged and the lever does not engage the first receptor, the lever is received by a second receptor to prevent derailment.