Patent ID: 9532924
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A61H,F04C

Claim:
1. A device for compressing the chest of a patient while imaging the patient in an imaging system, the patient having a superior/inferior axis, said imaging system defining an imaging area which may encompass a portion of the patient's abdomen, thorax, neck or head, said device comprising: a platform adapted to be disposed beneath the patient's thorax while the patient is disposed within a gantry of the imaging system; a belt operably connected to the platform and adapted to extend at least partially around the thorax of the patient, the belt comprising a load distributing portion adapted to extend across the patient's chest, and left and right tensioning portions extending from the load distributing portion, downwardly toward a first set of spindles, said spindles fixed on the platform so as to be disposed laterally and aligned inferiorly/superiorly relative to the patient and further to a second set of spindles disposed medially and aligned anteriorly/posteriorly relative to the patient; a linear actuator, disposed relative to the load distributing portion of the belt such that it is located along the superior/inferior axis relative to the patient and outside of the imaging area when the patient is disposed on the platform with the belt extending around chest of the patient and the patient is disposed within the gantry of the imaging system, said linear actuator having an actuator rod operably connected to the tensioning portions of the belt said actuator rod operable to extend and contract relative to the linear actuator.