Pneumoencephlographic apparatus with means for supporting an anesthetized patient in a seated position

Claim 1

PNEUMOENCEPHLOGRAPHIC APPARATUS COMPRISING: (A) A SUPPORT FOR AN ANESTHETIZED PATIENT IN A SEATED POSITION WITH THE TORSO OF THE PATIENT ABOVE THE REARWARD PORTION OF THE SUPPORT, (B) ADJUSTABLE MEANS ON THE FORWARD PORTION OF SAID SUPPORT AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM AND PROVIDED WITH TORSO-ENCIRCLING MEANS TO HOLD THE TORSO OF SUCH PATIENT IMMOBILE, (C) A VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT ON SAID PATIENT SUPPORT FOR THE PATIENT''S SKULL WHILE SO IMMOBILIZED, AND (D) A FRAME MOUNTED ON THE ADJUSTABLE MEANS FOR HOLDING CASSETTES OF X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES VERTICALLY IN TWO TRANSVERSE PLANES AT THE FRONT AND ONE SIDE OF SAID SKULL, (E) THE SUPPORT COMPRISING A BOARD ON WHICH THE PATIENT IS SEATED AND PROVIDED WITH SPACED FRONT RECESSES FOR ACCOMMODATING THE LEGS OF A PATIENT SEATED ON THE BOARD, (F) THE MENTIONED ADJUSTABLE MEANS INCLUDING A STANDARD AFFIXED TO THE MIDDLE FRONT PORTION OF THE BOARD BETWEEN SAID RECESSES AND ADAPTED TO BE STRADDLED BY THE PATIENT''S LEGS, THE MENTIONED TORSO-ENCIRCLING MEANS, THE SKULL-SUPPORTING MEANS, AND THE CASSETTESHOLDING FRAME, ALL EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID STANDARD.