US 12,376,761 B2
Treatment couch with localization array
Adam Jerome Weber, San Jose, CA (US); Eric Earnst, Saratoga, CA (US); Calvin R. Maurer, Jr., San Jose, CA (US); Gopinath Kuduvalli, San Jose, CA (US); and Christopher A. Raanes, Portola Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Accuray Incorporated, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by ACCURAY INCORPORATED, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/719,979.
Application 17/719,979 is a division of application No. 15/875,966, filed on Jan. 19, 2018, granted, now 11,331,000.
Application 15/875,966 is a division of application No. 12/214,771, filed on Jun. 18, 2008, granted, now 9,883,818, issued on Feb. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/936,388, filed on Jun. 19, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233092 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 5/06 (2013.01) [A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 6/04 (2013.01); A61B 6/547 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3762 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61N 2005/1051 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a treatment couch having a surface to support a patient and comprising encoders to determine a position of the treatment couch within a treatment room;
a localization array comprising at least one electromagnetic transmitter, and at least one electromagnetic receiver, wherein the localization array is configured to detect a position of one or more fiducial markers relative to the treatment couch and, based on the position of the treatment couch, a position of the one or more fiducial markers relative to the treatment room; and
a positioning device including an arm, operatively coupled with the localization array, wherein the arm is rotatable about a z-axis to move the localization array underneath the surface of the treatment couch along an x-axis and a y-axis.