US 12,226,354 B2
Systems for patient positioning, and surgical methods employing such systems
Cameron J. Cooke, Brisbane (AU)
Appl. No. 17/776,544
Filed by Cameron J. Cooke, Brisbane (AU)
PCT Filed Nov. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/060629
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/094955, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/934,947, filed on Nov. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0395415 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A61G 13/10 (2006.01); A61G 13/00 (2006.01); A61G 13/12 (2006.01); A61G 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/123 (2013.01) [A61G 13/0036 (2013.01); A61G 13/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
in a system for positioning a patient during surgery, the system comprising a platform assembly, the platform assembly comprising a first member constructed to be supported on a surgical operating table, a second member, and an elevation assembly, the second member being arranged over the first member, the elevation assembly being constructed to vertically move the second member with respect to the first member, disposing a patient on the surgical operating table with at least a portion of a pelvis of the patient being supported on the second member;
arranging an alignment post of the system with respect to a groin region of the patient, the alignment post coupled to the platform assembly;
installing an inflatable positioning member on the alignment post such that at least a portion of the inflatable positioning member is between the second member and a leg or buttock of the patient; and
performing a surgery on the patient, the performing comprising:
elevating the supported portion of the pelvis of the patient by actuating the elevation assembly of the platform assembly,
elevating and/or lateralizing a femur of the patient by changing inflation of the inflatable positioning member, or
any combination thereof.