US 12,343,184 B2
Patient positioning system
Mark Strangeman, West Sussex (GB); Ralf Spriestersbach, Athens (GR); Paul Dixon, Surrey (GB); Tony Westwood, East Sussex (GB); Darren Forcey, Brighton (GB); and Stephen Towe, East Sussex (GB)
Assigned to LEO CANCER CARE, INC., Middleton, WI (US)
Filed by LEO CANCER CARE, INC., Middleton, WI (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/894,335.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/237,513, filed on Aug. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0172566 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/0407 (2013.01) [A61B 6/0421 (2013.01); A61B 6/0487 (2020.08); A61B 6/04 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient positioning system comprising a configurable patient support comprising a back rest; a seat member; a shin rest; and/or a heel stop,
wherein the back rest is operatively engaged with a back rest motor to provide a motorized back rest, the seat member is operatively engaged with a seat member motor to provide a motorized seat member, the shin rest is operatively engaged with a shin rest motor to provide a motorized shin rest, and/or the heel stop is operatively engaged with a heel stop motor to provide a motorized heel stop;
wherein the motorized back rest, the motorized seat member, the motorized shin rest, and/or motorized heel stop is configured to operatively engage a patient to apply a force to the patient to facilitate patient movement; and
wherein the patient positioning system further comprises a weight sensor and the force applied to the patient is calculated using a weight of the patient measured by the weight sensor.