US 12,453,669 B2
Systems and methods for supporting and stabilizing a patient during hip distraction
William Kaiser, Campbell, CA (US); Christina Lagarto, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Conrad Smith, Hollister, CA (US); Nicolas Olivares, Centennial, CO (US); and Ian Kovacevich, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/766,561.
Application 18/766,561 is a continuation of application No. 18/161,851, filed on Jan. 30, 2023.
Application 18/161,851 is a continuation of application No. 17/488,213, filed on Sep. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,564,855, issued on Jan. 31, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/148,597, filed on Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/084,494, filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0358573 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. A61G 13/00 (2006.01); A61G 13/04 (2006.01); A61G 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/0081 (2016.11) [A61G 13/04 (2013.01); A61G 13/123 (2013.01); A61G 13/126 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for hip distraction of a subject without the use of a perineal post, comprising:
positioning a patient pad on a surface of a patient support;
strapping the patient pad to the patient support using one or more straps of the patient pad;
positioning the subject on the patient pad such that buttocks of the subject are positioned proximate to at least one visual indicator on the surgical pad;
strapping each lower leg and foot of the subject into corresponding boots of a distraction system;
positioning the subject in a Trendelenburg position on the patient pad;
while the subject is in the Trendelenburg position, applying a traction force to at least an operative leg of the subject by moving a corresponding boot away from the patient support using the distraction system, thereby distracting an operative hip joint without the use of the perineal post; and
reducing a degree of inclination of the subject on the patient pad while maintaining at least a portion of the traction force so as to perform at least a portion of a surgical procedure on the operative hip joint while the operative hip joint remains distracted.