US 12,109,153 B2
Lateral spine positioning system
Steven A. Schopler, Bakersfield, CA (US); Choll W. Kim, San Diego, CA (US); Benjamin J. Watters, III, Saint Louis Park, MN (US); Clinton J. McCullough, Blaine, MN (US); and Peter A. Cole, North Oaks, MN (US)
Assigned to Bone Foam, Inc., Corcoran, MN (US)
Filed by BONE FOAM, INC., Corcoran, MN (US)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/180,648.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/979,614, filed on Feb. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0259900 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. A61G 13/00 (2006.01); A61G 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/1295 (2013.01) [A61G 13/121 (2013.01); A61G 13/123 (2013.01); A61G 13/1235 (2013.01); A61G 13/1245 (2013.01); A61G 13/1265 (2013.01); A61G 13/129 (2013.01); A61G 2200/322 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient positioning system configured to position the patient in a lateral decubitus position in preparation for a lateral approach spine procedure, the system comprising:
a base section having a head bolster, an axillary bolster, and a hip bolster;
a lateral arm support configured to support the arms of the patient in a generally parallel position extending in the anterior direction away from the torso of the patient, wherein the lateral arm support comprises
a pair of spaced apart panels including a superior panel and an inferior panel, each panel including an upper side, a lower side, a posterior side, and an anterior side defining an upper side, a lower side, a posterior side, and an anterior side of the lateral arm support;
an upper arm support surface extending between the upper side of the superior panel and the upper side of the inferior panel, wherein the upper arm support surface slopes downward from the posterior side to the anterior side;
a lower arm support surface extending between the lower side of the superior panel and the lower side of the inferior panel;
and, at least one of a torso strap that attaches to the base section and is configured to extend up and over the patient's torso to aid in securing the upper body of the patient in a desired lateral position and the arms extended in the direction away from the torso or a hip strap configured to extend up and over the patient's hip with one or more hip traction straps attached to the hip strap and that are configured to pull inferiorly on the hip strap and apply inferior traction to the upper side of the patient's hip.