US 11,744,756 B2
System and apparatus for patient positioning and methods of use
Gabriel Salloum, Mandeville, LA (US)
Filed by Gabriel Salloum, Mandeville, LA (US)
Filed on May 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/324,792.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/026,747, filed on May 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0361510 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61G 13/12 (2006.01); A61F 5/37 (2006.01); A61G 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/121 (2013.01) [A61F 5/3707 (2013.01); A61G 13/04 (2013.01); A61G 13/123 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient positioning apparatus, comprising:
a longitudinal axis, a lateral axis, and a vertical axis, each perpendicular to each other;
a base frame assembly operable to support a patient, comprising:
a longitudinal base bar, wherein the longitudinal base bar extends along the longitudinal axis and is located approximately at a bottom of the vertical axis;
a head base, wherein the head base extends along the lateral axis and is located approximately at a first end of the longitudinal axis and the bottom of the vertical axis;
a foot base, wherein the foot base extends along the lateral axis and is located approximately at a second end of the longitudinal axis opposite the first end of the longitudinal axis and the bottom of the vertical axis;
a left hip base, wherein the left hip base extends along the lateral axis and is located approximately at the bottom of the vertical axis and between the first end and the second ends of the longitudinal axis;
a right hip base, wherein the right hip base extends along the lateral axis and is located approximately at the bottom of the vertical axis and between the first end and the second end of the longitudinal axis;
a head support, wherein the head support extends along the vertical axis and is located approximately at the first end of the longitudinal axis;
a foot support, wherein the foot support extends along the vertical axis and is located approximately at the second end of the longitudinal axis;
a left hip support, wherein the left hip support extends along the vertical axis and is located between the first and the second ends of the longitudinal axis; and
a right hip support, wherein the right hip support extends along the vertical axis and is located a between the first and the second ends of the longitudinal axis; and
a gimbal, comprising:
a head tube, further comprising a head tube head and a head tube foot, wherein the head tube head further comprises a roll member;
a head pad;
a hip tube, further comprising a hip tube left and a hip tube right, wherein the hip tube right further comprises a pitch member;
a foot tube, further comprising a foot tube head and a foot tube foot; and
a foot assembly; and
wherein:
the head tube head is attached to the head support;
the foot tube foot is attached to the foot support;
the hip tube left is attached to the left hip support;
the hip tube right is attached to the right hip support;
the gimbal is rotatable about the longitudinal axis;
the roll member is operable to control the gimbal's rotation about the longitudinal axis;
the gimbal is rotatable about the lateral axis;
the pitch member is operable to control the gimbal rotation about the lateral axis.