US 12,295,891 B2
Patient positioning support apparatus with fail-safe connector attachment mechanism
Roger P. Jackson, Prairie Village, KS (US); Lawrence E. Guerra, Mission, KS (US); Trevor A. Waggoner, Kansas City, KS (US); Steven R. Walton, Olathe, KS (US); and Michael A. Herron, Overland Park, KS (US)
Assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on May 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/678,057.
Application 16/879,395 is a division of application No. 15/421,994, filed on Feb. 1, 2017, granted, now 10,869,798, issued on Dec. 22, 2020.
Application 18/678,057 is a continuation of application No. 18/351,839, filed on Jul. 13, 2023, granted, now 12,011,399.
Application 18/351,839 is a continuation of application No. 17/886,908, filed on Aug. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,918,518, issued on Mar. 5, 2024.
Application 17/886,908 is a continuation of application No. 16/879,395, filed on May 20, 2020, granted, now 11,464,697, issued on Oct. 11, 2022.
Application 15/421,994 is a continuation of application No. 14/012,434, filed on Aug. 28, 2013, granted, now 9,642,760, issued on May 9, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2025/0073105 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. A61G 13/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/005 (2006.01); A61G 7/008 (2006.01); A61G 7/012 (2006.01); A61G 7/015 (2006.01); A61G 7/018 (2006.01); A61G 13/00 (2006.01); A61G 13/02 (2006.01); A61G 13/06 (2006.01); A61G 13/08 (2006.01); A61G 13/10 (2006.01); A61G 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/002 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/04 (2013.01) [A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 5/704 (2013.01); A61B 5/7425 (2013.01); A61G 7/001 (2013.01); A61G 7/005 (2013.01); A61G 7/008 (2013.01); A61G 7/012 (2013.01); A61G 7/015 (2013.01); A61G 7/018 (2013.01); A61G 13/0036 (2013.01); A61G 13/0054 (2016.11); A61G 13/02 (2013.01); A61G 13/06 (2013.01); A61G 13/08 (2013.01); A61G 13/101 (2013.01); A61G 13/104 (2013.01); A61G 13/1205 (2013.01); A61G 13/121 (2013.01); A61G 13/122 (2013.01); A61G 13/123 (2013.01); A61G 13/1235 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61G 7/002 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of using a surgical system for supporting a patient during surgery, the method comprising:
providing the surgical system, the surgical system including a surgical table and a padding system to support the patient, the surgical table including a support portion and a platform portion, the padding system including a chest-support portion and a pelvic-support portion;
spacing the platform portion from a surface that the surgical table rests upon with the support portion;
supporting the chest-support portion and the pelvic-support portion on the platform portion by positioning the chest-support portion closer to a first end of the platform portion than the pelvic support portion;
positioning the pelvic-support portion closer to an opposite second end of the platform portion than the chest-support portion;
moveably attaching the pelvic-support portion to the platform support portion by moveably attaching a pad support portion of a first pelvic-support portion of the pelvic-support portion to the platform portion adjacent a first lateral side thereof;
moveably attaching a pad support portion of a second pelvic-support portion of the pelvic-support portion to the platform portion adjacent an opposite second lateral side thereof;
during attachment of the pad support portions of the first pelvic-support portion and the second pelvic-support portion, orienting first ends of the first pelvic-support portion and the second pelvic-support portion toward the first end of the platform portion;
moving the pad support portions of the first pelvic-support portion and the second pelvic-support portion relative to the platform portion in a horizontal first direction aligned with a mid-longitudinal axis of the surgical table by moving first ends of each of the first pelvic-support portion and the second pelvic-support portion from a first position closer to the second end of the platform portion to a second position closer to the first end of the platform portion; and
supporting portions of the patient using the chest-support portion and the pelvic-support portion by contacting a chest portion of the patient to the chest-support portion, contacting a first pelvic portion of the patient to a pad supported by the pad support portion of the first pelvic-support portion, and contacting a second pelvic portion of the patient to a pad supported by the pad support portion of the second pelvic support portion.