Patent ID: 6896234
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: A61B,F16M

Abstract:
1. A rail system for supporting a patient gantly associated with a medical imaging device, said rail system comprising: a fixed rail assembly mounted on a support surface, said fixed rail assembly including a fixed bar and a top rail mounted on said fixed bar; a service rail assembly releasably securable to said fixed rail assembly in an end-to-end fashion, said service rail assembly including a service bar and a top rail mounted on said service bar; a plurality of levelers for leveling said service rail assembly on the support surface, each of said plurality of levelers including a foot configured to engage the support surface, a threaded bolt carried by said foot, a disc spring and a nut, said service bar defining a plurality of recesses, a threaded opening being defined in each of said plurality of recesses for receiving and engaging said leveler threaded bolt to adjust a level of said foot, each of said plurality of recesses being configured to receive said disc spring and said nut; and an alignment device for aligning said service rail assembly top rail with said fixed rail assembly top rail.