Patient positioning support apparatus with virtual pivot-shift pelvic pads, upper body stabilization and fail-safe table attachment mechanism

US9339430B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Roger P. Jackson · US

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 28, 2013
• Grant date: May 17, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 13, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G2200/327
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A patient support apparatus for supporting a patient in a prone position during a surgical procedure includes a patient support structure incorporating an open fixed frame suspended above a floor and a pair of spaced opposed radially sliding joints cooperating with the frame, each joint including a virtual pivot point and an arc of motion spaced from the pivot point, the joints being movable along the arc providing a pivot-shift mechanism for a pair of pelvic pads attached to the joints. A base supports and suspends the patient support structure above the floor, for supporting a patient during a surgical procedure, the base including a pair of spaced opposed vertical translation subassemblies reversibly attachable to the support structure, a cross-bar, and a rotation subassembly having two degrees of rotational freedom; wherein a location of each vertical translation subassembly is substantially constant during operation of the patient support structure.