US 12,478,537 B2
Frame and patient support, and surgical methods using same
Richard A. Hynes, Melbourne, FL (US); Matthew M. Morrison, Cordova, TN (US); and Roger P. Jackson, Prairie Village, KS (US)
Assigned to Emplase Medical Technologies, LLC, Cordova, TN (US)
Filed by EMPLASE Medical Technologies, LLC, Cordova, TN (US)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/916,261.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/544,430, filed on Oct. 16, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0120865 A1, Apr. 17, 2025
Int. Cl. A61H 1/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61G 13/00 (2006.01); A61G 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 1/0292 (2013.01) [A61B 17/705 (2013.01); A61G 13/0054 (2016.11); A61G 13/123 (2013.01); A61G 13/126 (2013.01); A61G 13/129 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method of utilizing a frame and patient support to support portions of a body of a patient, the method comprising:
providing the frame and patient support, the frame and patient support including a frame portion having a first end, an opposite second end, a mid-longitudinal axis extending through the first end and the second end, and a length along the mid-longitudinal axis between the first end and the second end, and a plurality of patient support portions attached to the frame portion;
supporting portions of a pelvic area of the patient with a pelvic-support portion of the patient support portions moveably attached to the frame portion, the pelvic-support portion including at least one bracket support portion, a first arm portion, and a second arm portion, the at least one bracket support portion including a free end portion and an opposite attachment portion moveably attached to the frame portion, the free end portion spaced apart from the frame portion, and the attachment portion being repositionable between a first position and a second position along the length of the frame portion, the first arm portion extending outwardly from and being moveably attached to the at least one bracket support portion adjacent to the free end portion, and the first arm portion being moveable between a first engaged position and a second disengaged position, and the second arm portion extending outwardly from and continues being attached to the at least one bracket support portion adjacent to the frame portion;
adjusting, when the first arm portion is in the first engaged position, a position of a first pad portion along the first arm portion to support a first lateral portion of the pelvic area of the patient, and adjusting a position of a second pad portion along the second arm portion to support an opposite second lateral portion of the pelvic area of the patient;
when the first arm portion is in the first engaged position, supporting the first arm portion with a support portion pivotally attached to the at least one bracket support portion adjacent to the free end portion; and
after the first pad portion and the second pad portion are positioned to support a corresponding one of the first lateral portion and the second lateral portion of the pelvic area of the patient, moving the first arm portion of the pelvic-support portion from the first engaged position to the second disengaged position to move the first pad portion away from the first lateral portion of the pelvic area to provide access to the first lateral portion of the patient by pivoting the support portion away from the first arm portion to remove support of the first arm portion provided by the support portion.