US 12,133,819 B2
Patient positioning device for lateral and prone single-position spine surgery
Michael Philip Diodato, Fitchburg, MA (US); and Ben W. Hertz, Littleton, MA (US)
Assigned to Allen Medical Systems, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed by Allen Medical Systems, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,316.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,036, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0280367 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A61G 13/08 (2006.01); A61G 13/00 (2006.01); A61G 13/04 (2006.01); A61G 13/10 (2006.01); A61G 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/08 (2013.01) [A61G 13/0054 (2016.11); A61G 13/04 (2013.01); A61G 13/101 (2013.01); A61G 13/122 (2013.01); A61G 13/123 (2013.01); A61G 13/1245 (2013.01); A61G 13/1265 (2013.01); A61G 2200/325 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. A patient positioner comprising
a base plate,
an adjustable platform movable relative to the base plate, the adjustable platform retained on the base plate by a pivot rod,
a support assembly supported on the adjustable platform,
a lateral constraint assembly positioned on the adjustable platform, and
a removable position lock operable to pass through and engage the adjustable platform and be received in a receiver in the base plate, the removable position lock cooperating with the pivot rod to selectively lock the adjustable platform relative to the base plate.