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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
May. 01, 2006
Timothy E. Guertin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Marcel R. Marc, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard H. Stark, Los Altos, CA (US);
Stanley Mansfield, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Majid L. Riaziat, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven W. Prince, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy E. Guertin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Marcel R. Marc, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard H. Stark, Los Altos, CA (US);
Stanley Mansfield, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Majid L. Riaziat, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven W. Prince, San Francisco, CA (US);
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A patient support system includes a patient support, and a positioning system for positioning the patient support, wherein the positioning system is capable of placing the patient support such that a point on the patient support is at a location, and rotating the patient support about a vertical axis that intersects the point, wherein the positioning system includes a first arm and a second arm rotatably coupled to the first arm, and the patient support is rotatably coupled to the second arm. A patient support system includes a first base portion rotatable about a first vertical axis, a second base portion rotatably coupled to the first base portion such that the second base portion is rotatable relative to the first base portion about a second vertical axis, a first arm coupled to the second base portion, a second arm rotatably coupled to the first arm, and a patient support rotatably coupled to the second arm.