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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2010
Iwao Miyano, Tokyo, JP;
Kenya Sakanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Iwao Miyano, Tokyo, JP;
Kenya Sakanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Medical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a bed for a medical image scanning apparatus including a lateral movement device which is light and has less deformation while suppressing a bed height in the lowest position of a top board. A bed for a medical image scanning apparatus includes a base, an upper portion framethat supports a top board, and a lifting and lowering devicethat is positioned between the baseand the upper portion frameand lifts and lowers the upper portion frame, and the lifting and lowering deviceincludes a lateral movement device (a motor, a pinion gear, and rack) which relatively moves at least two members (a rail receiving blockand a rotation axis, and a rail receiving blockand a rotation axis) constituting the lifting and lowering devicealong a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the upper portion framein the top board surface of the top board.