US 12,478,533 B2
Surgical frame facilitating articulatable support for a patient during surgery and method for use thereof
Roy Lim, Germantown, TN (US); Matthew Morrison, Cordova, TN (US); and Richard Hynes, Melbourne Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed by Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/125,397.
Application 18/125,397 is a continuation of application No. 17/103,431, filed on Nov. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,612,533.
Application 17/103,431 is a continuation of application No. 15/239,256, filed on Aug. 17, 2016, granted, now 10,966,892.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/314,950, filed on Mar. 29, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/206,064, filed on Aug. 17, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0225922 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61G 13/08 (2006.01); A61G 13/00 (2006.01); A61G 13/02 (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 13/02 (2013.01); A61G 13/04 (2013.01); A61G 13/06 (2013.01); A61G 13/121 (2013.01); A61G 13/122 (2013.01); A61G 13/123 (2013.01); A61G 13/1235 (2013.01); A61G 13/1245 (2013.01); A61G 13/125 (2013.01); A61G 13/129 (2013.01); A61G 13/1295 (2013.01); A61G 2200/322 (2013.01); A61G 2200/325 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for manipulating a patient by a surgical frame supporting the patient, the method comprising:
supporting a first portion of a single main beam of the surgical frame at a first main-beam end by a first support structure provided at a first end of the surgical frame;
supporting a second portion of the single main beam of the surgical frame at a second main-beam end by a second support structure provided at a second end of the surgical frame;
supporting a third portion of the single main beam between the first portion and the second portion, the third portion including a first side;
spacing the single main beam from the ground via support of the single main beam between the first support structure and the second support structure;
supporting a portion of a chest of the patient on the single main beam by supporting the portion of the chest on a torso support attached to the first side portion of the single main beam;
supporting a portion of legs of the patient on the single main beam by supporting the portion of the legs on a pelvic support attached to the first side of the single main beam; and
rotating the patient supported by rotating the single main beam about an axis of rotation extending through portions of the first portion of the single main beam, the second portion of the single main beam, the first support structure, and the second support structure;
wherein
the first portion of the single main beam extends at least in part in a first direction transverse to the axis of rotation,
the second portion of the single main beam extends at least in part in a second direction transverse to the axis of rotation, and
the third portion of the single main beam is offset from the axis of rotation of the single main beam by the first portion and the second portion of the single main beam;
wherein a first relational plane extends perpendicular to the axis of rotation and between the torso support and the pelvic support, and a second relational plane is parallel to the axis of rotation and perpendicular to the first relational plane, the second relational plane extending along portions of the single main beam and being proximate the first side of the third portion lying within the first relational plane, the second relational plane being on a first side of a cranial-caudal axis of the patient by the torso support and the pelvic support; and
wherein no portion of the positioning frame being used to support the patient that is rotatable about the axis of rotation and located within the first relational plane being on a second side of the cranial-caudal axis of the patient opposite the first side.