Patent ID: 7527428

Claim:
A device for positioning a patient proximate radiological film for examination of a foot or an ankle of said patient while standing upon said device, comprising: a platform having at least one fixed step, a radiologically and optically transparent front deck parallel to and above said step and a coplanar rear deck, a framework supporting said step and said front deck and said rear deck, a chamber transverse said platform. below and parallel to said front deck adapted to receive radiological film, and a slot between said front deck and said rear deck adapted to receive radiological film upon edge; a slide adapted to carry radiological film into said chamber transversely, having a generally planar shape, forward edge, a mutually parallel and spaced apart rearward edge, at least one stop above said forward edge, and at least one grip below said rearward edge; said at least one stop retaining the radiological film upon said slide and preventing said slide from passing through said chamber; said at least one grip abutting said framework outside of said chamber; said framework including a plate generally parallel to said front deck and said rear deck, at least two spacers locating between said plate and said front deck and establishing said chamber; and, said spacers having an inverted L shape defining said chamber wherein said chamber admits said forward edge and said stop.