Patent ID: 8371305

Claim:
A fluoroscopy chair convertible between a chair configuration for use during fluoroscopic procedures and a support table configuration, the fluoroscopy chair comprising: a seat with an anterior side, a posterior side, a left side, and a right side; a means for supporting the seat; a chest support retained to the anterior side of the seat wherein the chest support has a chest support surface for supporting a chest of a patient seated on the seat; a back support retained to the posterior side of the seat wherein the back support is reconfigurable between a first configuration that forms an upstanding surface relative to the seat to provide positioning support to the patient and a second configuration wherein the back support cooperates with the seat to form a support table; wherein the chest support has at least three support surfaces and a means for selectively orienting the chest support to dispose a chest support surface from among the multiple chest support surfaces oriented to provide primary support to the chest of the patient seated on the seat; and a chin support retained relative to the chest support wherein the chin support comprises a depression formed adjacent to an edge of one of the support surfaces whereby a chin of the patient can be disposed in the chin support while the chest of the patient rests an adjacent support surface.