BellySTEP™ . Information
The BellySTEP is designed to facilitate a proper and comfortable prone positioning of the patient during pelvic and belly area treatment and to reduce the amount of irradiated small bowel volume. The BellySTEP allows for patient friendly and non-invasive positioning whenever accurate and reproducible immobilization is an essential prerequisite for optimized therapy schedules. It simplifies and expedites the radiation therapy procedure to increase time efficiency.
The BellySTEP consists of a foam based baseplate covered with artificial leather, 3 inter-changeable belly inserts and the BellySTEP prone position pillow. All BellySTEP parts are made of polyethylene foam, which offers the patients high comfort without compromising the stability.
The BellySTEP can be used on all brands of couches available on the market, in diagnostic and radiotherapy environment. In addition, even MRT or PET planning is possible since the BellySTEP consists only of high quality metal-free materials.