Patent ID: 6902320
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A patient table having longitudinally extending center line and comprising: a lower base; an upper base; at least one lift arm extending upwardly from the lower base and holding the upper base vertically above the lower base, wherein the lift arm and the upper base are laterally offset from the longitudinally extending center line of the table; and an elongated patient support pallet made of radiolucent material and having opposing, longitudinally extending first and second sides extending parallel with the longitudinally extending center line of the table, wherein the first side of the pallet is secured to the upper base and the pallet is cantilevered from the upper base laterally across the center line of the table, so that the second side of the pallet is laterally offset from the center line opposite the upper base, whereby the lift arm and the upper base do not prevent a C-shaped arm supporting an X-ray source and an X-ray detector from being moved longitudinally alone a fall length of the patient pallet while one of the X-ray source and the X-ray detector is positioned over the pallet in alignment with the center line and the other of the X-ray source and the X-ray detector is positioned under the pallet in alignment with the center line.