US 7,467,004 B2
System, method and apparatus for surgical patient table
Paul David Calderon, Castro Valley, Calif. (US); Travis Roy Monke, Shorewood, Wis. (US); Yoram Goren, Hod-Hasharon (Israel); and Amiel Grinberg, Haifa (Israel)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y. (US)
Filed on May 12, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/127,363.
Prior Publication US 2006/0293589 A1, Dec. 28, 2006
Int. Cl. A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A47B 71/00 (2006.01); A47B 13/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 600—415  [5/600; 5/601] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient table comprising:
a cradle for linearly receiving and transferring a board carrying a patient;
a cradle supporting member for slidably receiving the cradle in a first horizontal direction;
a locker within the cradle for positioning the board and patient on the table, and for preventing the board from sliding off the cradle in the first horizontal direction;
a stopper within the cradle for preventing the cradle from sliding off the cradle supporting member.