US 12,220,358 B2
Patient-positioning system and surgical methods of using same
Richard A. Hynes, Melbourne, FL (US); Roger P. Jackson, Prairie Village, KS (US); and Matthew M. Morrison, Cordova, TN (US)
Assigned to EMPLASE Medical Technologies, LLC, Cordova, TN (US)
Filed by EMPLASE Medical Technologies, LLC, Cordova, TN (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/745,439.
Application 18/745,439 is a continuation of application No. 18/238,289, filed on Aug. 25, 2023, granted, now 12,011,396.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/449,867, filed on Mar. 3, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/401,462, filed on Aug. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0374448 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. A61G 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61G 13/02 (2006.01); A61G 13/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/0054 (2016.11) [A61B 17/70 (2013.01); A61F 2/44 (2013.01); A61G 13/02 (2013.01); A61G 13/1265 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0256 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manipulating a patient before, during, or after surgery using a patient-positioning system, the method comprising:
providing a longitudinally-oriented beam of the patient-positioning system, and various patient-support portions of the patient-positioning system attached to one of a first portion and a second portion of the longitudinally-oriented beam;
rotatably supporting the longitudinally-oriented beam relative to at least one of a ceiling and a floor of an operating room;
adjusting relative positions of portions of a head-support portion and a thorax-support portion of the various patient-support portions along the second portion of the longitudinally-oriented beam to accommodate dimensions of the patient;
adjusting relative positions of portions of a pelvic-support portion and a leg-support portion of the various patient-support portions along the first portion of the longitudinally-oriented beam to accommodate the dimensions of the patient;
supporting at least one pad portion of the thorax-support portion relative to the second portion of the longitudinally-oriented beam via at least one post portion of the thorax-support portion, and adjusting a position of the at least one pad portion of the thorax-support portion relative to the at least one post portion of the thorax-support portion to accommodate the dimensions of the patient;
supporting at least one pad portion of the pelvic-support portion relative to the first portion of the longitudinally-oriented beam via at least one post portion of the pelvic-support portion, and adjusting a position of the at least one pad portion of the pelvic-support portion relative to the at least one post portion of the pelvic-support portion to accommodate the dimensions of the patient; and
telescopically adjusting the longitudinally-oriented beam by moving the second portion of the longitudinally-oriented beam inwardly and outwardly relative to the first portion of the longitudinally-oriented beam to adjust positions of the head-support portion and the thorax-support portion relative to the pelvic-support portion and the leg-support portion to accommodate the dimensions of the patient.