US 12,029,689 B2
Controls for surgical support apparatus
Zachary B. Konsin, Brighton, MA (US); Michael C. Pierce, Harvard, MA (US); Alexander E. Rojas, Waltham, MA (US); Christopher B. Dubois, Lincoln, RI (US); Phillip B. Dolliver, Framingham, MA (US); Jason S. Bernotsky, Dunmore, PA (US); Andrew L. Thompson, Townsend, MA (US); David C. Newkirk, Lawrenceburg, IN (US); and Todd P. O'Neal, Fairfield, OH (US)
Assigned to Allen Medical Systems, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed by Allen Medical Systems, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/229,268.
Application 18/229,268 is a continuation of application No. 18/067,785, filed on Dec. 19, 2022, granted, now 11,752,055.
Application 18/067,785 is a continuation of application No. 17/537,703, filed on Nov. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,554,068, issued on Jan. 17, 2023.
Application 17/537,703 is a continuation of application No. 16/038,519, filed on Jul. 18, 2018, granted, now 11,213,448, issued on Jan. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/539,484, filed on Jul. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0372175 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 13/02 (2006.01); A61G 7/008 (2006.01); A61G 7/012 (2006.01); A61G 13/04 (2006.01); A61G 13/12 (2006.01); A61G 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/02 (2013.01) [A61G 7/008 (2013.01); A61G 7/012 (2013.01); A61G 13/04 (2013.01); A61G 13/122 (2013.01); A61G 13/0054 (2016.11); A61G 2200/325 (2013.01); A61G 2200/327 (2013.01); A61G 2203/42 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient support apparatus comprising:
a patient support top for providing support to a patient's body,
an end support configured to support the patient support top for selective rotation about a rotation axis, and
a rotation lockout operable between a locked state to block against free rotation of the patient support top about the rotation axis and an unlocked state to permit free rotation of the patient support top about the rotation axis, the rotation lockout including a handle assembly movable between locked and unlocked positions corresponding respectively with the locked and unlocked states of the rotation lockout, the handle assembly include a rotatable base, a handle coupled to the rotatable base and configured to be grasped by a user's fingers, and a button coupled to the handle and moveable by the user's thumb in a direction substantially perpendicular to the handle to unlock the handle and rotation base for movement to change the rotation lockout from the locked state to the unlocked state.