US 12,036,157 B2
Suppport pad coupling mechanism for surgical table extension unit and surgical table
Debao Ma, Su Zhou (CN); Jipeng Wang, Su Zhou (CN); Qiang Hao, Su Zhou (CN); Aaron Foo, Singapore (SG); and Guoxiang Wang, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to Baxter Medical Systems GmbH + Co. KG, Saalfeld (DE)
Filed by Baxter Medical Systems GmbH + Co. KG, Saalfeld (DE)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/090,507.
Claims priority of application No. 201921893872.X (CN), filed on Nov. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0128385 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A61G 13/12 (2006.01); A61G 13/02 (2006.01); A61G 13/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/126 (2013.01) [A61G 13/02 (2013.01); A61G 13/10 (2013.01); A61G 13/101 (2013.01); A61G 13/128 (2013.01); A61G 13/1285 (2013.01); A61G 13/129 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support pad coupling mechanism for a surgical table extension unit, the surgical table extension unit comprising:
a support pad, wherein a lower side of the support pad includes at least one coupling plate that is perpendicular to the support pad, wherein the at least one coupling plate comprises:
a hook portion; and
a first position-limiting post, wherein the first position-limiting post extends along a direction perpendicular to the at least one coupling plate;
an extension adapter comprising:
a second position-limiting post that cooperates with the hook portion; and
a position-limiting recessed portion that cooperates with the first position-limiting post, and wherein, the first position-limiting post of the at least one coupling plate is positioned in the position-limiting recessed portion and the hook portion of the at least one coupling plate is hooked onto the second position-limiting post when the support pad and the extension adapter are coupled together; and
an extension beam coupled with the extension adapter, wherein the lower side of the support pad includes a cushion block, and wherein the cushion block includes a groove that receives the extension beam.