Surface pad system for a surgical table

US6401283B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hill-Rom Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

• James M. C. Thomas · Fairfax, US
• Robert C. Novack · Charleston, US
• Karl Caldwell · Norcross, US
• John A. Bobey · Charleston, US
• Marla Repik · Charleston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 4, 2001
• Grant date: Jun 11, 2002
• Expiry date: Jan 4, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S5/911
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A surface pad system for a surgical table includes a cover defining an interior region and including an upwardly-facing top surface configured to be positioned beneath a patient. The surface pad system also includes a pad core received in the interior region of the cover to support the patient.