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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2006
Michael J. Saracen, Oakland, CA (US);
Aaron W. Carrano, San Jose, CA (US);
John W. Allison, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gopinath R. Kuduvalli, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael J. Saracen, Oakland, CA (US);
Aaron W. Carrano, San Jose, CA (US);
John W. Allison, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gopinath R. Kuduvalli, San Jose, CA (US);
Accuray Incorporated, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus of a positioning system are described to position an upper-half of a body relative to a head-end of a couch. The positioning system may be a patient positioning system and may include a treatment couch, a leg rest coupled to the treatment couch, and a drive mechanism coupled to the leg rest. The patient positioning system may also include a treatment couch, having a base portion of a treatment couch and plurality of detachable portions of the treatment couch. The plurality of detachable portions to adjust a height of the treatment couch to accommodate differing heights of patients.