Patent ID: 7908690

Claim:
A patient supporting apparatus for imaging and intervention with a medical imaging system, comprising: a tabletop having a superior tabletop end coupled to an inferior tabletop end by a bridge tabletop member, the bridge tabletop member having bridge tabletop member width lesser than a tabletop width of each of the superior tabletop and inferior tabletop ends of the tabletop so as to define an open tabletop area between the superior tabletop and inferior tabletop ends of the tabletop; a stretcher having a superior stretcher end coupled to an inferior stretcher end by a bridge stretcher member, the bridge stretcher member having a bridge stretcher width less than a stretcher width of each of the superior stretcher and inferior stretcher ends of the stretcher so as to define an open stretcher area between the superior stretcher and inferior stretcher ends of the stretcher, the tabletop movably engaged to the stretcher such that in at least one position the open tabletop area and open stretcher area are in alignment to provide access to a body part of a patient lying in a supine position on the tabletop; a fixation member located proximate to the open tabletop area having a guidance plate for receiving a medical device, the fixation member removably coupled to the tabletop and adjustable relative to the tabletop for positioning the guidance plate near the pelvic region of the patient; and the tabletop movable relative to the stretcher for insertion of the tabletop into a bore of the medical imaging system.