Patent ID: 11857466
Assignee: MOBIUS IMAGING, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A table system for use with an imaging device, comprising:
a base portion that supports the table system over a support surface;
a patient support comprising a platform sized and shaped to support a patient in a standing position and a bed sized and shaped to support the patient in a lying position, wherein the patient support is composed of at least one radiolucent material over a first portion of the patient support that includes at least the platform and the bed, and at least one reinforcing element composed of a non-radiolucent material located in a second portion at one end of the patient support adjacent to the platform to enable a patient supported on at least one of the platform and the bed to be imaged using an x-ray computed tomography (CT) imaging device over a full length of the patient passing through a bore of the x-ray computed tomography (CT) imaging device without imaging the at least one reinforcing element;
a linkage portion coupled to the base portion and to the at least one reinforcing element of the patient support such that the linkage portion is pivotable with respect to both the base portion and the patient support; and
a drive mechanism that drives the pivoting of the patient support with respect to the linkage portion and with respect to the base portion, the drive mechanism being configured to move the patient support between:
a vertical position in which the platform is substantially parallel to the support surface,
a horizontal position in which the bed is substantially parallel to the support surface; and
one or more intermediate positions between the vertical position and the horizontal position;

a first rotary shaft coupled between the linkage portion and the patient support; and
a second rotary shaft coupled between the linkage portion and the base portion;
wherein the drive mechanism includes a first motor disposed in rotational communication with the first rotary shaft to facilitate pivoting movement of the patient support relative to the linkage portion, and a second motor disposed in rotational communication with the second rotary shaft to facilitate pivoting movement of the linkage portion relative to the base portion.