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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2009
Applicants:
James J. Hamill, Knoxville, TN (US);
Carl Eric Arnsdorff, Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventors:
James J. Hamill, Knoxville, TN (US);
Carl Eric Arnsdorff, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 15/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/0421 (2013.01); A61B 5/103 (2013.01); A61B 6/482 (2013.01);
Abstract
A constraint having a main body and at least one coupler. The main body can be substantially arcuate in shape and can be configured to constrain a patient. The at least one coupler can couple the main body to a bed or treatment pallet. The constraint can be sized to restrict a patient within a computerized tomography (CT) scan field of view.