Systems and methods for controlling multiple surgical variables

US11801187B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NUVASIVE SPECIALIZED ORTHOPEDICS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey Schwardt · San Diego, US
• Michael Wentz · Emmaus, US
• Jorge Lopez Camacho · Aliso Viejo, US
• Frank M. Phillips · Chicago, US
• Dennis Crandall · Mesa, US
• Alexander Vaccaro · Gladwyne, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 8, 2022
• Grant date: Oct 31, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 8, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61H2203/0487
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A surgical patient interface including a base; a platform coupled to the base and including a first end and a second end, the platform configured to transition between a first position and a second position about a pivotable axis stationary relative to the base; a first abutment and a second abutment each adjustably coupled to the platform. In the first position, the platform extends between the first end and the second end in a substantially horizontal direction relative to the base, and the first abutment and the second abutment are separated by a first distance along the substantially horizontal direction. In the second position, the platform extends between the first end and the second end in a substantially vertical direction such that a torso of a patient extends in the substantially vertical direction, and the first abutment and the second abutment are separated by a second, different distance along the substantially vertical direction.