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Title:
IMAGING STRETCHER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001060308
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A stretcher (20) includes a base (22) having a head end (32) and a foot end (34), a plurality of casters (30) coupled to the base (22), a radiolucent upper deck (24), head and foot end hydraulic cylinders (52, 54) coupled to the base (22) adjacent to the head and foot ends (32, 34) thereof, and head and foot end connectors (302, 304) for coupling the head and foot end hydraulic cylinders (52, 54) to the head and foot ends (32, 34) of the deck (24). The head and foot end connectors (302, 304) secure the deck (24) to the base (22) while allowing movement of the deck (24) between a low position and a high position, translation of the deck (24) toward the foot end of the base (22), and rotation of the deck (24) to a Trendelenberg position or to a reverse Trendelenberg position. The stretcher (20) forms a central imaging region free of structure that would interfere with imaging.

Inventors:
HEIMBROCK RICHARD H
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/040005
Publication Date:
June 20, 2002
Filing Date:
February 01, 2001
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
HILL ROM SERVICES INC (US)
International Classes:
A61G1/02; A61B6/04; A61G7/00; A61G13/00; A61G13/04; A61G13/06; A61G13/12; A61G1/048; A61G7/05; (IPC1-7): A61G13/00; A61G7/012
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