Andries Nicolaas Schreuder

US Patent:

20110214235, Sep 8, 2011

Filed:

Feb 11, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/025648

Inventors:

Andries Nicolaas Schreuder - Bloomington IN, US
John Leland Smith - Bloomington IN, US
Bradley N. Keiser - Brazil IN, US

International Classification:

A61G 13/08
A61G 7/002
A61G 7/018
G09F 3/00
A61G 13/06

US Classification:

5601, 5613, 5614, 4029901, 5611

Abstract:

A patient support system includes a wheeled gurney having an upper support frame with at least one open side. A front support plate and a rear support plate are attached to the upper support frame, with the rear support plate spaced apart from the front support plate to correspond to the at least one open side. There is a first registration element positioned on the front support plate and a second registration element positioned on the rear support plate. The first and the second registration elements are repeatably moveable between a first registration configuration and a second registration configuration. A method of positioning a patient support on a gurney begins by identifying a registration feature on a surface of a patient support and then identifying a mating registration feature on wheeled patient gurney that corresponds to the registration feature. Next, there is a step of altering the configuration of the mating registration feature to permit the registration feature and the mating registration feature to engage when the patient support is placed on the wheeled patient gurney. The placing step is performed by a robot, for example. Alternatively, the placing step is performed in a radiation treatment room or performed while the patient support is supporting a patient undergoing a radiation therapy.

US Patent:

20110224475, Sep 15, 2011

Filed:

Feb 11, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/025529

Inventors:

Andries Nicolaas Schreuder - Bloomington IN, US
John Leland Smith - Bloomington IN, US

International Classification:

A61G 15/10
A61N 5/00

US Classification:

600 1, 128845

Abstract:

A mobile anesthesia system has a patient support configured for use with a robotic patient positioning system. There is a sliding rail system disposed on the patient support and an anesthesia machine coupled to the slide rail system. Through use of the rail system(s) on the patient support a anesthesia machine may move relative to a patient support from a stored configuration clear of the patient to a treatment configuration above the patient. A method of providing anesthesia to a patient positioned to receive a robotic assisted radiation therapy is also described. The method proceeds by positioning a patient on a robotic couch in a location remote to a radiation therapy treatment room used to perform the robotic assisted radiation therapy. Next, anesthesia is administered to the patient from an anesthesia machine attached to the robotic couch while both the patient and the robotic couch are in the location remote to the radiation therapy treatment room. Thereafter, the robotic couch is placed under the control of a patient positioning system in the radiation therapy treatment room. The patient and the robotic couch are then maneuvered into a treatment position while administering anesthesia to the patient from the anesthesia machine.