Patent ID: 7802576

Claim:
A non-invasive patient immobilisation assembly for immobilising a body part of a patient and for at least temporarily fixing the position thereof, wherein the immobilisation assembly comprises a rigid template made of a thermoplastic material, which template is thermoformed or otherwise moulded in such a way that an inner surface has a shape adapted to conform to, and during use, to contact the body part to be immobilised along a contact surface area between the template and the body part, which contact surface area corresponds to at least part of the inner surface of the template, a fixation plate, connecting means for connecting the template to the fixation plate in view of fixing the position of the template and the body part with respect to the fixation plate, wherein the template is provided to exert, during use, a fixation force of a preset value on the body part covered by it along the contact surface area, by exerting a pulling force pulling the body part towards the fixation plate with the aim of restraining the displacement of the body part within the template within defined limits, and means for adjusting the fixation force exerted by the template to the preset value.