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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2006
Applicant:
Deborah Ruth Zelnik, Haifa, IL;
Inventor:
Deborah Ruth Zelnik, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 13/12 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A47C 16/00 (2006.01); A47C 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A patient positioning apparatus to support a patient in a prone position on a patient table during a diagnostic imaging scan comprises a head support and an arm support. The head support is configured to extend above the patient table and supports a patient's head above a table top of the patient table while the patient lies on the patient table in a prone position. The arm support is joined to the head support and is configured to extend below the patient table to support a patient's forearms below the patient table.