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

US9642760B2 · 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 9, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G7/002
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A patient support apparatus for supporting a patient in a prone position during a surgical procedure is provided, including 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 virtual pivot point, the joints being movable along the arc providing a pivot ship mechanism for a pair of pelvic pads attached to the joints. A base for supporting and suspending a 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 a patient 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.