Patent · US Active

Patient positioning support apparatus with fail-safe connector attachment mechanism

US11918518B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

208References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.

Inventors

Roger P. Jackson · Prairie Village, US
Lawrence E. Guerra · Mission, US
Trevor A. Waggoner · Overland Park, US
Steven R. Walton · Wilkeson, US
Michael A. Herron · Overland Park, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 12, 2022
Grant date	Mar 5, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 1, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61G2200/325
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A patient support apparatus for supporting a patient in a prone position during a surgical procedure is provided, including an open patient support frame suspended above a floor and a base for supporting and suspending a the frame during a surgical procedure, the base including a pair of spaced vertically translatable subassemblies reversibly attachable to the frame by a pair of fail-safe rotatable connector attachment mechanisms to prevent inadvertent uncoupling of a first and second outer end of the frame from the base structure.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.