Patent ID: 6704957
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: A61B,A61G

Abstract:
A pad for supporting the head and neck of a supine patient during medical imaging such that extension of the cervical vertebrae is produced, said pad comprising:a curved upper support surface comprising a slanted and generally planar inferior segment of sufficient size and adapted to support a patient's shoulders, a slanted and generally planar superior segment of sufficient size and adapted to support a patient's head, and an intermediate arched segment disposed between said inferior segment and said superior segment of sufficient size and adapted to support a patient's neck; and a cavity disposed in said intermediate arched segment of said upper support surface, said cavity adapted to provide an area of non-contact to a portion of a patient's neck and to receive a secondary coil of a medical imaging apparatus; whereby the combination of said inferior segment, said superior segment and said intermediate segment of said support surface of said pad produces extension of a patient's cervical vertebrae.