Patent ID: 9016940
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A mobile positioning stand for positioning a patient to image a desired total radiographic image area of the patient, the mobile positioning stand providing multiple images areas of the total image area, the stand comprising: a stand frame having a vertical stand rail and wheels for moving the stand across a floor; a shield structure having a shield column movably coupled to the vertical stand rail to be manually moved vertically along the vertical stand rail, the shield structure having arms to hold a shield having a radio transparent material, the shield having markers, the shield column being movably coupled to vertical stand rail to be manually moved to position the shield at a shield height position, based on a height of anatomy of the patient desired to be imaged, the shield height position selected so that the markers provide marks for aligning an image detector to correct positions for imaging vertically adjacent and partially overlapping images of vertically adjacent image areas of a desired total image area of the patient; and a flat panel image detector holder movably coupled to a detector rail behind the shield, the flat panel image detector holder movably coupled to the detector rail to be manually moved vertically to position the detector holder at a vertical position based on the vertical position of the markers.