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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
May. 04, 2005
Applicants:
Stefan Schaller, Fürth, DE;
Jürgen Simon, Forchheim, DE;
Inventors:
Stefan Schaller, Fürth, DE;
Jürgen Simon, Forchheim, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A patient bed and a method for reproducibly positioning and supporting a patient in a medical diagnosis or therapy apparatus, such as a CT apparatus or an MRI apparatus, involve supporting at least regions of the patient body in a desired position on the patient bed and using at least one positioning unit to position the regions of the patient body relative to the patient bed. The patient bed has a number of height-adjustable elements arranged like a matrix that are individually adjustable in terms of height.