Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Couch device, X-ray CT apparatus, and medical image diagnostic apparatus
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Application No.: US14945970Application Date: 2015-11-19
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Publication No.: US10531843B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: Kazuki Gatayama , Masao Yamahana , Hiroyuki Onuki , Shinya Kawanabe , Tatsuya Watanabe
- Applicant: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Otawara-shi
- Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Otawara-shi
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2013-112955 20130529
- Main IPC: A61B6/03
- IPC: A61B6/03 ; A61B6/04

Abstract:
A couch device according to an embodiment includes a couchtop, shape control members, and driving circuitry. The couchtop includes a movable base couchtop and a transformable couchtop mounted above the movable base couchtop and capable of bending a part thereof from a flat shape. The shape control members control the shape of the transformable couchtop. The driving circuitry moves the couchtop to an opening of a gantry device that collects data for taking medical images. The transformable couchtop includes divided couchtops, and transformation support members for fixing the transformable couchtop to the movable base couchtop are fitted to divided sections. Each of the shape control members adjusts a position of a specific transformation support member so that an installation location thereof is a fixed point of the movable base couchtop.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160151025A1 COUCH DEVICE, X-RAY CT APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-06-02
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