Patent ID: 7173265

Claim:
A modular patient support system for efficiently securing a cancer patient in a fixed position during radiation treatment and for repositioning the patient to the fixed position for any subsequent radiation treatments pursuant to a radiation treatment protocol, the support system comprising: a modular patient pod, comprising: a longitudinally-extending, generally hemi-cylindrical support shell extending from a shell proximal edge through a shell longitudinal center section to a shell distal edge, the shell having a bottom transverse concave surface, a top transverse concave surface, a first upwardly-extending lateral edge, and a second upwardly-extending lateral edge, a proximal extension track connected to the shell proximal edge, a distal extension track connected to the shell distal edge, and a positioner-pod connector attached to the shell bottom surface between the shell proximal edge and the shell longitudinal center section; and a first immobilization device.