US 11,839,573 B2
Surgical positioner
Mark Shekhman, Farmington, CT (US)
Assigned to ForTruss, LLC, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by ForTruss, LLC, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/532,134.
Application 17/532,134 is a division of application No. 15/930,950, filed on May 13, 2020, granted, now 11,197,795.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/934,860, filed on Nov. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/847,054, filed on May 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079825 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61G 13/00 (2006.01); A61G 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/0081 (2016.11) [A61G 13/1245 (2013.01); A61G 2200/327 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of positioning a patient for an anterior hip replacement surgery, comprising:
arranging the patient on a surgical patient positioner such that an upper body of the patient is positioned on a body support of the surgical patient positioner, an operative leg of the patient is positioned on a first hip support and a lower extremity support of the surgical patient positioner, and a non-operative leg of the patient is positioned on a second hip support and the leg support of the surgical patient positioner;
removing the first hip support to access an acetabulum of the operative leg of the patient; and
lowering the lower extremity support to access a femur of the operative leg of the patient.