US 12,070,341 B2
Patient support mechanism for a portable medical scanner
Eric M. Bailey, North Hampton, NH (US); Andrew Tybinkowski, Topsfield, MA (US); and Charles Landry, Seabrook, NH (US)
Assigned to Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US)
Appl. No. 17/283,305
Filed by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/057751
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/106402, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/769,094, filed on Nov. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0386386 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/0407 (2013.01) [A61B 6/4405 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient support mechanism that supports a patient during scanning of the patient by a medical scanner, comprising:
a shoulder support rotatably attached to a head support, wherein the head support receives the patient's head and the shoulder support receives an upper portion of the patient's body and wherein the shoulder support includes a downwardly extending attachment device; and
an attachment mechanism having a post section attached to the medical scanner wherein the attachment mechanism includes a bracket element that receives the attachment device and wherein the attachment mechanism orients the shoulder and head supports in a position that enables scanning of the patient by the medical scanner.