Patent ID: 8800569
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A system for use with a fixation device for supporting a patient for radiation therapy, said system comprising a support panel and plural inserts, at least one of said inserts being an attachment member arranged for attaching a fixation device to said support panel, said support panel being arranged to be disposed adjacent an apparatus for producing a radiation beam to hold a portion of a patient at a fixed position on said support panel to enable the radiation beam to be directed to that portion of the patient, the portion of the patient being held at the fixed position on said support panel by use of the fixation device, said attachment member being arranged to be fixedly secured to the fixation device, said support panel comprising a generally planar member having a peripheral edge and plural recesses, each of said recesses being of a predetermined shape and being located in said edge, each of said inserts having an edge surface and a portion of mating shape to said recesses, and being contiguous with said edge surface, each of said inserts being constructed to enable it to be mating releasably secured in a respective one of said recesses to completely fill said recess with said edge portion of said insert being flush with said peripheral edge of said support panel, whereupon the mating portions thereof exhibit a uniform density which does not result in any attenuation discontinuities of a radiation beam passing therethrough.