US 12,403,058 B2
Reconfigurable upper leg support for a surgical frame
Roy K. Lim, Germantown, TN (US); Richard A. Hynes, Melbourne Beach, FL (US); Matthew M. Morrison, Cordova, TN (US); and Roger P. Jackson, Prairie Village, KS (US)
Assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/208,670.
Application 18/208,670 is a continuation of application No. 16/927,219, filed on Jul. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,672,718.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/905,770, filed on Sep. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0320915 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61G 13/00 (2006.01); A61G 13/04 (2006.01); A61G 13/06 (2006.01); A61G 13/08 (2006.01); A61G 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/1245 (2013.01) [A61G 13/0036 (2013.01); A61G 13/04 (2013.01); A61G 13/06 (2013.01); A61G 13/08 (2013.01); A61G 13/123 (2013.01); A61G 13/1235 (2013.01); A61G 13/1285 (2013.01); A61G 2200/322 (2013.01); A61G 2200/325 (2013.01); A61G 2200/327 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of adjusting a position of a patient supported on a surgical frame, the method comprising:
positioning the patient on the surgical frame by supporting upper legs of the patient on a support plate portion;
extending a first arm portion relative to a second arm portion to adjust a position of a platform portion supporting the support plate portion relative to a portion of the surgical frame, the first arm portion including a first end attached relative to the portion of the surgical frame and a second end attached relative to the platform portion, and the second arm portion including a first end attached relative to the platform portion and a second end attached relative to the portion of the surgical frame;
extending a telescoping shaft to adjust the position of the platform portion and the support plate portion supported thereby relative to at least one of the first arm portion and the second arm portion, the telescoping shaft including a first end attached relative to the second arm portion and a second end attached relative to the platform portion; and
adjusting a position of a lumbar portion of a spine of the patient by coordinating extension of the first arm portion and the telescoping shaft to adjust the position of the platform and the support plate portion supported thereby downwardly and rotatably relative to the portion of the surgical frame to correspondingly adjust the upper legs of the patient supported by the support plate portion.