Patent ID: 8905035

Claim:
A system for positioning a portion of a patient body in a desired fixed position for treatment, said system comprising a panel and at least one positioning component, said panel being arranged to be disposed on a table and having a patient support surface for supporting a patient thereon, said at least one positioning component being arranged to be releasably mounted on said panel at a desired position thereon to hold the portion of the patient's body at the desired fixed position, said patient support surface being generally planar and 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 to form plural pairs, said at least one positioning component comprising a bridge member having a pair of upstanding legs and a central section extending at an angle to and bridging said legs, each of said legs including at least one clamp having a mouth to receive a respective one of said side rails therein to enable said bridge member to be releasably secured to said panel at the location of any pair of indexing apertures, whereupon a portion of said patient support surface between said clamps is exposed for receipt of a patient thereon, said bridge member comprising an extendable portion mounted on said central section and arranged to be extended into confronting relationship with a portion of the patient's body to sandwich the portion of the patient's body between said panel and said extendable portion.