Patent ID: 7243387
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: A61B,A61G

Abstract:
1. A positioning aid ( 1 ) for the tomographic functional examination of vertebrates, especially humans, with a base plate ( 3 ) which extends along a z-direction parallel to the tomograph axis, the said plate being preferably interlocked with a mobile trolley, whereby a shoulder-plate is fitted to the base plate ( 3 ), in the same position as the thorax of the patient ( 2 ) who is being examined, enabling the position of the thorax of the patient ( 2 ) being examined to be continuously raised in the direction of the head when seen in comparison with the position of the base plate, a swivelling reclining plate ( 23 ) being linked to an articulated axle ( 22 a ) which runs horizontally in a direction transverse to the z-direction being linked via an articulated axle, it being possible to lower the said plate ( 23 ) in the direction of the base plate ( 3 ) characterised in that: the shoulder plate is firstly designed in the form of a raising plate (