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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2005
Leonid Yakubovsky, Kiriat Bialik, IL;
Alexander Vaisburd, Haifa, IL;
Yaron Hefetz, Herzeliya, IL;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for examining a patient is provided. The apparatus includes a top plate, at least one top rail slideably coupled to said top plate, said top plate selectively positionable between a first imaging position and a second imaging position along an examination axis, a support member coupled to said at least one top rail, said support member configured to selectively change a position of said top plate along an axis perpendicular to said examination axis, said support member comprises at least one guide pin slideably coupled to said at least one rail during movement of said support member, said guide pin configured to retain said support member to said at least one top rail when said top rail is moved between a first modality position and a second modality position.