Patent ID: 8146599

Claim:
A system for positioning a patient on a treatment table for some type of therapy that is to be repeated, wherein the position of at least a portion of the patient's body to be treated is to be held in a predetermined fixed position, said system comprising a patient support panel and at least one positioning component arranged to be releasably mounted on the patient support panel at a desired position thereon to hold the at least one portion of the patient's body at the desired position, said patient support panel comprising a generally planar member having a pair of longitudinally extending integral side rails, each of said side rails having a series of longitudinally spaced indexing apertures, said apertures being aligned in pairs for releasably mounting a first component between any of said pairs at a desired longitudinal position along said patient support panel via a component mounting bar having at least one pin projecting upward therefrom for receipt within the first component, said component mounting bar having a pair of ends, one of said ends being arranged for receipt in one of said apertures in any of said pairs of apertures and the other of said ends being arranged for receipt in the other of said apertures in said pair of apertures, said at least one positioning component comprising a bridge member bridging said panel and including at least one clamp having a mouth to receive a respective one of said side rails therein for direct releasable securement thereto at any longitudinal position therealong.