US 12,403,055 B2
Surgical patient support for lateral-to-prone patient positioning
Joshua C. Hight, Littleton, MA (US); Jesse S. Drake, Westborough, MA (US); Jeffrey C. Marrion, Acton, MA (US); Christopher B. Dubois, Marlborough, MA (US); Ben Hertz, Acton, MA (US); Andrew Sennett, Hanover, MA (US); and Patrick Brophy, Medford, MA (US)
Assigned to Allen Medical Systems, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed by Allen Medical Systems, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/386,731.
Application 17/386,731 is a continuation of application No. 16/451,446, filed on Jun. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,096,853.
Application 16/451,446 is a continuation of application No. 15/290,156, filed on Oct. 11, 2016, granted, now 10,363,189, issued on Jul. 30, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/352,711, filed on Jun. 21, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/245,646, filed on Oct. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353487 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61G 13/08 (2006.01); A61G 13/00 (2006.01); A61G 13/04 (2006.01); A61G 13/06 (2006.01); A61G 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/08 (2013.01) [A61G 13/0054 (2016.11); A61G 13/04 (2013.01); A61G 13/1245 (2013.01); A61G 13/1295 (2013.01); A61G 13/06 (2013.01); A61G 13/122 (2013.01); A61G 13/123 (2013.01); A61G 13/1235 (2013.01); A61G 2200/322 (2013.01); A61G 2200/325 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A surgical patient support system, comprising:
a base frame including a head elevator tower and a foot elevator tower each having a support bracket connected thereto for movement of the support brackets between higher and lower positions as the head and foot elevator towers are raised and lowered, respectively,
a support frame including first and second rails extending parallel to each other from a head end to a foot end, a head-cross beam and a foot-cross beam extending between the first and second rails at the head end and foot end respectively, and connection arms including a head-connection arm engaged with the head-cross beam and coupled with the support bracket of the head tower and a leg-connection arm engaged with the leg-cross beam and coupled with the support bracket of the leg tower,
a support platform coupled to the support frame and including a torso section and a leg section, and
an actuator coupled to the support frame and configured to support the leg section, wherein the actuator is operated electrically to move the leg section relative to the torso section between a raised position and a lowered position to create a leg break of a surgical patient in a lateral position,
wherein the support frame comprises a first support frame and further comprising a second support frame coupled to the support brackets and arranged perpendicular to the support platform when the leg section is in the raised position.