| US 7,600,434 B2 | ||
| Mechanism for remotely measuring medical treatment system bed deflection | ||
| Donald J. Bak, Streamwood, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, Pa. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 30, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/948,307. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0139032 A1, Jun. 04, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01N 3/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 73—849 | 20 Claims |
| 1. A medical treatment system comprising:
a medical treatment device;
a bed oriented spatially relative to the medical treatment device, the bed having:
an elevation member;
a support member for a subject, one section of the support member being mounted on the elevation member and the remaining
section of the support member being cantilevered from the elevation member;
a mount arranged on the support member;
an attachment member arranged at the remaining section of the support member; and
a deflection member connecting the mount and the attachment member;
a sensor arranged on the deflection member for measuring deflection member deflection; and
a deflection calculation apparatus in communication with the sensor, for correlating measured deflection with the spatial
orientation between the bed and the medical treatment device.
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