US 11,744,758 B2
Patient positioning system
James Lee, Carlsbad, CA (US); Christopher Joseph Sheehan, San Diego, CA (US); and Andrew W. Rajek, Escondido, CA (US)
Assigned to ALPHATEC SPINE, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Alphatec Spine, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/163,952.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/114,660, filed on Nov. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/969,532, filed on Feb. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0236369 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. A61G 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/129 (2013.01) [A61G 13/122 (2013.01); A61G 13/123 (2013.01); A61G 13/1225 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient support system, comprising:
a pelvic bolster assembly comprising:
a base, the base having a lower portion and an upper portion, the lower portion and upper portion connected via a drive mechanism such that the upper portion is rotatable relative to the lower portion in a coronal plane, the lower portion of the base having a first channel on a first lateral side and a second channel on an opposing lateral side, the first and second channels slidably mountable on opposing rails of a surgical bed frame;
a first lateral bolster attached to a first lateral side of the upper portion of the base and a second lateral bolster attached to an opposing lateral side of the upper portion of the base, the first lateral bolster and second lateral bolster adjustable relative to the upper portion in a transverse plane; and
a thoracic bolster assembly comprising:
a base, the base having a lower portion and an upper portion, the lower portion and upper portion connected via a drive mechanism such that the upper portion is rotatable relative to the lower portion in a coronal plane, the lower portion of the base having a first channel on a first lateral side and a second channel on an opposing lateral side, the first and second channels slidably mountable with opposing rails of a surgical bed frame; and
a first lateral bolster attached to a first lateral side of the upper portion of the base and a second lateral bolster attached to an opposing lateral side of the upper portion of the base, the first lateral bolster and second lateral bolster adjustable relative to the upper portion in a sagittal plane and in a transverse plane.