US Patent:
20100063378, Mar 11, 2010
Inventors:
James J. Hamill - Knoxville TN, US
Carl Eric Arnsdorff - Knoxville TN, US
Assignee:
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. - Malvern PA
International Classification:
A61B 6/04
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.