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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2002
Jahangir S. Rastegar, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Harry Soroff, Northport, NY (US);
Jahangir S. Rastegar, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Harry Soroff, Northport, NY (US);
P.P.T.T. L.L.P., Northport, NY (US);
Abstract
A patient support for an external counterpulsation cardiac assist procedure. The patient support includes: a base; and at least one support connected to the base for maintaining at least a portion of the patient above a tabletop during a positive pressure portion of the external counterpulsation cardiac assist procedure. In one embodiment, the base is a tabletop and the at least one support is movably supported on the table top in lateral and/or vertical directions. In another embodiment, the base is higher than the tabletop and the at least one support is a sling.