With Body Member Support Or Restrainer Patents (Class 5/621)
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Patent number: 7676869Abstract: A patient positioning apparatus to support a patient in a prone position on a patient table during a diagnostic imaging scan comprises a head support and an arm support. The head support is configured to extend beyond an end of a patient table and to support a patient's head relative to a table top of the patient table while the patient lies on the patient table in a prone position. The arm support is joined to the head support and is configured to extend below the patient table to support a patient's forearms below the patient table.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: GE Healthcare IsraelInventors: Deborah Ruth Zelnik, Yaron Hefetz
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Patent number: 7669262Abstract: An accessory has a substantially radiolucent frame, a floor-supported base, and a support structure extending between the base and one end of the frame. A second end of the frame is coupleable to a surgical table in a manner that permits the frame to articulate relative to the surgical table. The support structure is extendable and retractable to change the height at which the first end of the frame is supported above the base. The support structures is able to tilt front to rear and side to side relative to the base and the frame is able to tilt front to rear and side to side relative to the support structure. The frame is movable to a compact storage position having the second end of the frame supported on the base. A set of wheels are provided on the base to permit the accessory to be wheeled from one location to another.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2006Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Allen Medical Systems, Inc.Inventors: Thomas K. Skripps, George T. Wong, Paul A. Licari, David Warburton, Edward J. Daley, II
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Patent number: 7665167Abstract: Generally described the invention relates to methods and apparatuses for aligning the lower extremities of a patient with a mechanical axis. More specifically, the present invention provides an exoskeleton or external framework that positions a patient's leg into a desired mechanical axis in preparation for surgery or other medical treatment.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Inventors: Thomas P. Branch, Alexander Sattler, Jr., Fredrik Westin
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Publication number: 20100024128Abstract: A body-support apparatus comprises a support assembly including two couplers and a cross-member and a plurality of body-support portions supported on the support assembly and moveable relative to the support assembly. The body-support apparatus is configured to be mounted on a patient-support apparatus which has generally parallel spaced apart members.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2009Publication date: February 4, 2010Inventor: Thomas K. Skripps
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Patent number: 7654974Abstract: A traction table (200) include a frame having a base-frame portion (202) rotabably coupled to a top-frame portion (250) at a pivot point 214, a seat back portion (208) coupled to the top frame portion, and a seat-bottom (204) slidably coupled to the frame top portion. The seat-bottom can rotate about a pivot point (262) and tilt about at least one axis (260 and/or 264). The seat-bottom can further slide forwards or backwards relative to the top frame portion. The traction table can include an optional neck piece (210) coupled to the top frame portion that can move parallel relative to the seat back portion and constructed to rotate, tilt side to side or forward and backward. The traction table can include at least one actuator motor (245 or 244) for moving the seat-bottom or neck piece relative to the top-frame portion and a controller (212) for controlling such actuator(s).Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2005Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Inventor: David B. Bass
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Patent number: 7636969Abstract: A system and method for occluding potential entrapment zones in a bed. The system includes a head-end assembly with a head-end cover enclosing a head-end pad, and a torso assembly with a pair of covers each enclosing a pair of pads. The system also includes a leg assembly with a cover enclosing pads and a foot-end assembly with covers enclosing pads. The system further includes multiple sets of coupling members that couple the covers together.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2007Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Justin Long, Maria T. Tejeda, John Hanke, Olga Garibay
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Patent number: 7634828Abstract: A surgical arm pillow for use with an operating table and associated arm board supports at least one of a patient's laterally positioned arms and the associated shoulder when the patient is lying in a lateral position on the operating table. The surgical arm pillow is made from a resilient foam body that has a top edge and a bottom edge wherein the top edge defines a top arm support channel for receiving and supporting the top arm of the patient and the bottom edge defines a bottom arm channel for receiving the bottom arm the patient. The top arm support channel and the bottom arm channel are vertically spaced one from the other by a distance approximately equal to the width of the shoulders of a human torso at an end of the resilient foam body located most proximate to the patient. Further, the top arm support channel diverges from said bottom arm channel toward an end of the resilient foam body opposite from the patient.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2007Date of Patent: December 22, 2009Inventor: Basim Elhabashy
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Patent number: 7621009Abstract: The present invention is an organizational kit designed to help anesthesiologists when providing anesthesia during major surgery such as heart, thoracic, major vascular, and/or major abdominal. The invention helps the anesthesiologist organize the different intravenous and arterial lines, catheters, monitoring cables, pressure transducers and other devices coming from or going to the patient. It also serves as an educational tool for new anesthesia students, residents, fellows and new graduate anesthesiologists to help them understand how to connect the different ports coming out from the distal end of a Swan-Ganz catheter to their matching cables, monitor lines and transducers. The invention may serve as a reference for the doses and methods of administering common drugs used by the anesthesiologist intraoperatively. The invention also helps the practitioner set up the different modes of a pacemaker machine.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2005Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Inventor: Basim Elhabashy
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Publication number: 20090265853Abstract: Devices and methods of the present invention are directed to positioning a patient in a prone position that exposes the posterior thoracic lumbar spine during a surgical procedure, such as a laminectomy procedure. The device has at least three support members, with a first support member configured and adapted to support at least a portion of a patient's torso and the patient's hips; a second support member, generally contiguous with the first, configured and adapted to contact a patient's thighs and to position the patient's thighs in a desired angular position relative to the patient's hips and torso; and a third support member, generally contiguous with the second support member, adapted to support a patient's knees and lower legs and to position the patient's lower legs in a desired angular position relative to the patient's torso and thighs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2009Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventor: John A. MAXWELL
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Patent number: 7603731Abstract: A medical device comprising a medical procedure patient platform having a peripheral edge, a length of the peripheral edge having a substantially rigid male connecting member; and, an extension having a substantially and permanently rigid female connecting member, the female connecting member configured for rotational mating attachment with male connecting member. In a particular embodiment, the device further provides that the female connecting member is configured to maintain the extension in a horizontal arrangement upon attachment to the male connecting member. In another embodiment, the female connecting member is configured to attach to the patient platform at any location along the length of the peripheral edge.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2007Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Dunholt Medical, LLCInventor: James M. Bradcovich
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Patent number: 7603730Abstract: A patient positioning apparatus to support a patient in a prone position on a patient table during a diagnostic imaging scan comprises a head support and an arm support. The head support is configured to extend above the patient table and supports a patient's head above a table top of the patient table while the patient lies on the patient table in a prone position. The arm support is joined to the head support and is configured to extend below the patient table to support a patient's forearms below the patient table.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2006Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Deborah Ruth Zelnik
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Patent number: 7600281Abstract: A body-support apparatus comprises a support assembly including two couplers and a cross-member and a plurality of body-support portions supported on the support assembly and moveable relative to the support assembly. The body-support apparatus is configured to be mounted on a patient-support apparatus which has generally parallel spaced apart members.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2006Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Allen Medical Systems, Inc.Inventor: Thomas K. Skripps
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Publication number: 20090227929Abstract: A traction device for use in surgery is disclosed with the traction device being secured to one side of a surgical table. The traction device includes one or more traction lines which include a line-tensioning device at one end thereof and a connector at the other end thereof for attachment to the limb of a patient undergoing surgery. A tension meter is associated with each of the traction or lines with the tension meter being connected to a readout which indicates the tension or traction force being imposed in the traction line. The traction device may be used for patients undergoing shoulder surgery or other types of limb surgery.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2008Publication date: September 10, 2009Inventor: Chad J. Gondringer
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Publication number: 20090199340Abstract: A surgical table extension features a patient support structure, a large area base, and a support leg. A first joint having at least two degrees of freedom is located between the patient support structure and the support leg. A second joint also having at least two degrees of freedom is located between the base and the support leg. There is a stop limiting the range of motion of the support leg such that a portion of the base area is constrained to be below the first joint irrespective of the position of the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventors: George T. Wong, Paul A. Licari, David Warburton, Edward J. Daley, II, Thomas K. Skripps
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Patent number: 7536734Abstract: A stirrup apparatus for use on a birthing bed is provided. The support apparatus has a bracket configured to be coupled to the birthing bed, an adjustable length member, and a foot support. The bracket is pivotable in a plurality of axes to allow the support apparatus to be adjusted. The stirrup apparatus may provide lateral support for a leg of a patient.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2006Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventor: Richard H. Heimbrock
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Patent number: 7520007Abstract: A clamp is provided for securing an accessory to a rail of a patient support apparatus. The clamp comprises a first jaw adapted to be placed on the rail, a second jaw coupled to the first jaw for movement between an open position and a closed position, a resilient member that is forced against the rail when the second jaw is moved from the open position to the closed position, and a latch coupled to the second jaw and movable relative to the second jaw between a latched position in which the second jaw is locked in the closed position relative to the first jaw and an unlatched position in which the second jaw is movable between the open and closed positions. The resilient member engages the rail with sufficient force to inhibit movement of the clamp along the rail when the second jaw is in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2006Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Allen Medical Systems, Inc.Inventor: Thomas K. Skripps
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Patent number: 7520008Abstract: A surgical table extension features a patient support structure, a large area base, and a support leg. A first joint having at least two degrees of freedom is located between the patient support structure and the support leg. A second joint also having at least two degrees of freedom is located between the base and the support leg. There is a stop limiting the range of motion of the support leg such that a portion of the base area is constrained to be below the first joint irrespective of the position of the base.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2005Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Allen Medical SystemsInventors: George T. Wong, Paul A. Licari, David Warburton, Edward J. Daley, II, Thomas K. Skripps
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Patent number: 7496980Abstract: An apparatus that transforms the surface of a commonly used operating table into a dedicated platform configured to support a patient in a prone position for back surgery or other medical procedures. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a frame configured to rest on top of the surface of an operating table and support members attached to the frame, configured to support the patient in a prone position. Thus, the apparatus converts commonly used operating tables into a dedicated back surgery. The apparatus eliminates the use of various improvised support structures stuffed underneath the patient to provide support while on the operating table in a prone position.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2007Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: Patient Safety Transport Systems, LLCInventor: Lewis Sharps
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Publication number: 20090049614Abstract: A system and method for occluding potential entrapment zones in a bed. The system includes a head-end assembly with a head-end cover enclosing a head-end pad, and a torso assembly with a pair of covers each enclosing a pair of pads. The system also includes a leg assembly with a cover enclosing pads and a foot-end assembly with covers enclosing pads. The system further includes multiple sets of coupling members that couple the covers together.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2007Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventors: Justin Long, Maria T. Tejeda, John Hanke, Olga Garibay
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Patent number: 7481751Abstract: Devices, apparatus, systems and methods of providing therapy and exercise to the leg, ankle, and foot of a patient/occupant preferably laying down on a bed. The device can include a clamp that attaches about a footboard/headboard of a bed, with an elongated member extending out from the clamp. Pivotally attached to the end of the member can be a backward L-shaped bar, and a foot pad can be pivotally attached to the lower horizontal leg of the L-shaped bar. Springs can pull the top of the L-shaped bar toward the clamp. The user can push their foot and pivot the footpad so that the springably biased pivotally attached L-shaped bar constantly pushes back against the foot. The ankle can be rotated and the leg extended and the foot moved for therapy and exercise. An additional spring can hold the foot pad in a pivoted position so that an ankle can be further exercised.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2007Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Inventor: Floyd Arnold
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Patent number: 7451509Abstract: The present invention relates to an enhancer device, and more particularly, to an enhancer device for enhancing the utility and look of a user's bed. The enhancer device comprises a support member securing mechanism for securing the enhancer device; a support member detachably attached with the support member securing mechanism, the support member having a base end and a distal end; and a fastener connected with the distal end of the support member. Once secured, an attachment may be connected with the fastener. The attachment allows a user to support a body part, or alternatively, display decorative or items, thereby enhancing the utility and look of the user's bed.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2004Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Inventor: Jordan Dawes
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Publication number: 20080250565Abstract: A patient immobilization frame is provided that can be secured to a patient table in a radiation therapy facility. The frame includes fiducials integrated into the bottom panel of the frame. The frame is provided with a removable locking mechanism for locking the frame to the patient table. Each side walls of the frame defines a forward cut-out and a mid-side cut-out to accommodate larger girth patients. A panel insert is provided to close the mid-side cut-outs when the additional space is not required for the patient. The frame further includes an abdomen compression device supported by a cross bar that is movably mountable to the frame. The device includes a compression plate configured to contact the patient and a compression mechanism between the cross bar and the compression plate. A pressure transducer may be incorporated between the compression plate and the cross bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2006Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: Indiana University Research & Technology CorporationInventors: Robert Timmerman, Lech Papiez, Stanley Chien
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Patent number: 7415741Abstract: A modular surgical patient positioner unit is formed by attaching a plastic linear extension board to a peg board by means of a perforated metal bridging plate. An elongated metal support bar is fastened along one side of the linear extension board for added strength and functionality.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2006Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: IMP Inc.Inventors: Alan Wasley, James Bailey
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Publication number: 20080163426Abstract: A patient immobilization device for immobilizing a patient and performing a diagnostic evaluation of such patient is comprised of a backboard, a structure configured to support the head of a patient on the backboard, and a pupil-sizing indicator positioned on a surface of the support structure to be visually accessible to a person that is visually evaluating the head and face of an immobilized patient on the backboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2008Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventor: Brian Tomcany
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Patent number: 7395563Abstract: A system is provided for supporting a patient during computed axial tomography imaging. The system includes a movable platform formed of a radiolucent material, a discrete attachment region in the platform, and a curvilinear articulating arm coupled to the platform at the discrete attachment region. A method for supporting a patient during a plurality of procedures also is provided. The method includes: disposing the patient on a movable platform formed of a radiolucent material; positioning a device with respect to the patient, the device being disposed on a curvilinear articulating arm coupled to the platform; placing the platform, positioned device, and patient in a computed axial tomography imaging system and performing an imaging procedure.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2005Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: CIVCO Medical Instruments Co., Inc.Inventors: Willet F. Whitmore, III, Roger F. Wilson, Gary M. Onik, Winston E. Barzell, Stephen E. Brauner
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Patent number: 7377279Abstract: A patient support platform contains medical supplies which are anatomically arranged about the supported patient. The supply compartments and envelopes have see-through closures with pull tabs to make easy identification and access of the items possible. Resilient backing members push the items in the compartments to the front where they are readily accessible. A collapsible IV support pole is stored within the platform and a plurality of apertures provide support locations for the pole. The platform can be rolled up like a bedroll and stored in a satchel for storage and transport.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2005Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Inventor: Paul J. Malaspina
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Publication number: 20080104762Abstract: An inflatable mattress having a top panel including an annular internal edge that defines a first opening and a bottom panel sealingly assembled to the top panel and having an annular internal edge that defines a second opening. The bottom panel also includes a plurality of perforations wherein the first opening and the second opening together form a portal for accommodating a medical device protruding from a patient. A dual-chambered transfer mattress is also provided having a blind portal defined through a top inflatable mattress. Methods are provided for holding a patient for a period of time where the patient has had a medical fixture implanted in a body portion so that a portion of the medical fixture projects outwardly from the patient's body and is located within the portal the portal provides clearance for accommodating the medical fixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2006Publication date: May 8, 2008Applicant: WOODLARK CIRCLE, INC.Inventor: DAVID T. DAVIS
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Patent number: 7337483Abstract: A surgical positioning apparatus can be secured to a floor of an operating room or directly to an operating room table. The surgical positioning apparatus supports a limb of a patient using a telescoping strut mounted on a spherical joint. A disposable cradling device is coupled to the strut to secure the limb in position.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2005Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Allen Medical Systems, Inc.Inventors: Michael Boucher, Kip Van Steenburg, Paul J. Skavicus, David Warburton
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Publication number: 20080034502Abstract: A patient positioning support for an operating theatre table (2) has a saddle (18) for clamping to the rail (8) which runs alongside the edge of the table and a pair of articulating arms (26, 32) attached to the saddle for holding a pad in contact with a patients body or limb. The devices are mounted in pairs and are lockable in positions which overlie the tame or lie outboard of the table or below the table when not required. The locking action is by friction but radial arrays of teeth (66, 68), which are locked by hand screws (62), give the preferred locking action. Other items of equipment such as arm boards, neural head supports and stirrups can be substituted for the pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2005Publication date: February 14, 2008Inventors: John Robert Copeland, Noel Robert Hughes
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Patent number: 7328055Abstract: The present invention provides a patient support apparatus for use during a medical procedure. The patient support apparatus is configured to receive and support a body of a patient on a base member. The base member includes a top surface having a plurality of adjustable members, wherein each of the adjustable members is configured to support a different portion the body of the patient. A plurality of actuation mechanisms are operably connected to both the base member and one each of the plurality of adjustable members, such that each of the plurality of adjustable members is separately, selectively positionable with respect to the base member. A control device operably connected to the actuation mechanism to selectively control the position of each of the adjustable members and the corresponding body portions.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2004Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: Marctec, LLCInventor: Peter M. Bonutti
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Publication number: 20080005840Abstract: A patient positioning apparatus to support a patient in a prone position on a patient table during a diagnostic imaging scan comprises a head support and an arm support. The head support is configured to extend above the patient table and supports a patient's head above a table top of the patient table while the patient lies on the patient table in a prone position. The arm support is joined to the head support and is configured to extend below the patient table to support a patient's forearms below the patient table.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2006Publication date: January 10, 2008Inventor: Deborah Ruth Zelnik
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Patent number: 7316040Abstract: A system to facilitate surgical operations by optimally positioning limbs of patients lying on a surgery table. The system comprises a surgery table and a converter. The converter comprises five sub-systems with varying degrees of freedom.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2005Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: Medacta International S.A.Inventors: Francesco Siccardi, Frederic Laude, Mattia Berguglia
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Publication number: 20070294827Abstract: A bed enclosure for a hospital bed, the enclosure including a tent with four side walls and a mattress cover, further including two connecting panels at the head end of the tent joining the mattress cover to the tent and allowing the mattress cover to be articulated upward.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2007Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: J.T. POSEY COMPANYInventors: Roy Seizo Carr, Charles Robert Kline
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Patent number: 7290302Abstract: An apparatus that transforms the surface of a commonly used operating table into a dedicated platform configured to support a patient in a prone position (lying facedown) for back surgery or other medical procedures. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a frame configured to rest on top of the surface of an operating table and support members attached to the frame, configured to support the patient in a prone position. Thus, the apparatus converts commonly used operating tables into a dedicated back surgery. The apparatus also eliminates the use of various improvised support structures (such as pillows, bedding, rolls, padding) stuffed underneath the patient to provide support while in a prone position on the operating table.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2005Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Inventor: Lewis Sharps
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Patent number: 7272866Abstract: A medical procedural patient platform includes a peripheral edge that can receive a medical patient platform extension. The medical procedural patient platform peripheral edge includes a generally male connecting portion that can receive a female connecting portion located on the medical patient platform extension. The connection is a slip fit and the two components do not snap together. A bracket is included on the medical patient platform extension that allows the medical patient platform extension to rotate at discrete intervals.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2004Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Inventor: James M. Bradcovich
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Patent number: 7263733Abstract: A headrest, armrest, or other attachment to an image diagnosis bed apparatus having leaf springs formed as integral parts of its connecting portion, and a bed apparatus tabletop with a connecting hole for the insertion of the attachment connecting portion at one end and fixing holes for the leaf springs at its top. Also, an armrest shaped so as to be capable of being placed over a headrest connected to the tabletop.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2002Date of Patent: September 4, 2007Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hidehiro Fujita, Takafumi Oguri
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Patent number: 7246390Abstract: The repositioning apparatus of the invention includes a supporting bed for supporting at least a lower body of a patient, who needs repositioning therapy on his/her leg, a lower leg supporting bed for supporting a lower leg of the patient, a first movable table for allowing the lower leg supporting bed to move about a substantially horizontal axis, a first drive unit for driving the first movable table, a second movable table for moving the lower leg supporting bed in the substantially horizontal direction, and a second drive unit for driving the second movable table. Accordingly, the repositioning apparatus can make the lower leg of the patient perform a twisting action and a bending and stretching action, which are inevitable action for repositioning the patient's lower leg.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2003Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignees: THK Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mamoru Mitsuishi, Toji Nakazawa
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Patent number: 7239906Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging system is provided with a fixture which can be mounted to the static field magnet within the patient-receiving space of the magnet. The fixture can support and stabilize the patient.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2002Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Fonar CorporationInventors: Charles A. Green, William H. Wahl, Arto Cinoglu, Keith Nickel, Mark Gelbien
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Patent number: 7234178Abstract: An electromotive bed, having a bed body, the bed including a mattress having a pair of rectangular through holes extending therethrough in middle upper portion of the mattress and disposed in the direction of the width of the mattress; a respective supporting block mounted rotatably to move between a position in which the block protrudes upward through each respective through hole and a position in which the block does not protrude through the through hole, the block comprising at least two pin receiving holes therein, and a shaft pin insertable in the holes to provide a pivot mounting about which block rotates, the block also having a slit extending into the block; and a deflector arm having a deflector rod that contacts the slit, wherein the deflector arm is adapted to be driven by a load transfer device in order to pivot the block between the first and second positions; wherein the mattress also comprises an additional hole, and wherein the bed also includes a defecation device below the additional hole, tType: GrantFiled: July 16, 2004Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Inventor: Daoyi Qi
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Patent number: 7234180Abstract: A dynamic surgical table system includes any one or combination of a head support system, support systems for each arm, a torso support system, and a leg support system mounted to a frame system to support a patient during surgery. Any one or combination of the support systems is movable relative to the other and to the frame system to facilitate patient repositioning during surgery. Such repositioning may be desirable, for example, to create flexion, extension or rotation of the spine to facilitate access to and surgical treatment of one or more vertebral bodies, disc spaces between vertebral bodies, or other anatomical structures adjacent the spine of the patient. Furthermore, individual support members of any one of the support systems can articulate to conform to the patient anatomy and facilitate repositioning of the particular portion of the patient's body being support thereon while minimizing stress on the patient.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2004Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: William C. Horton, Matthew M. Morrison, Harold Sparr Taylor, Douglas Baker
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Patent number: 7216385Abstract: An inflatable cushion for use in a system and method in supporting the knees and legs of a person during surgery included an inflatable bladder that can move from a collapsed state to an expanded state. A bladder port communicates with a source of inflating gas. The system includes the source of pressurized gas and a valve assembly to switchably control the inflation and deflation of the bladder. The bladder may have a removable cover extending around the bladder, and the bladder may have side pleats to assist in expanding with the cover having corresponding accordion folds. The method involves placing a patient on a surgical table, decompressing the patient's spine to a flat back/drop knee position, interposing the bladder between the table and the patient's knees and advancing the knees to a full prone position by inflating the bladder.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2005Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Inventor: Benjamin P. Hill
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Patent number: 7210180Abstract: A surgical table width extender having an angled tang structure for engaging the gap formed between a standard table and its stand-off-mounted side rail. The tang structure contacts portions of the rail and portions of the table edge to enhance the load-carrying capability of the table side rail assembly. The extender further provides its own stand-off-mounted rail and a quick release clamp for securing the extender to the table. The tang structure is formed to allow a single extender to be used on either side of a surgical table where the stand-offs are not evenly spaced apart. The extender body is formed from a lightweight, strong carbon fiber composite material. Further enhancements protect exposed corners of the extender and protect potential high stress surfaces. An angularly orientable attachment is provided for use when two width extenders are used simultaneously on opposite sides of the table. In a lowered, horizontal orientation the attachment acts as a table length extender.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2004Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Inventor: Roger J. Malcolm
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Patent number: 7197778Abstract: A patient transfer system for transferring a patient to an operating table in a prone position from a supine position, and vice versa. The patient transfer system includes a chassis, a platen, and restraint/support system. The chassis has wheels secured thereto for movement of the chassis across a floor. The platen is coupled to the chassis and is rotatable about an axis. The platen is adapted to receive a patient in a supine position and rotate the patient to a prone position, and vice versa. The restraint/support system is adapted to hold the patient stationary on the platen while the patient is rotated from the supine position to the prone position, and vice versa. The restraint/support system also provides support to the head, torso, and legs of the patient when the patient is deposited on the operating table in a prone position.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2005Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Patient Safety Transport Systems GP, LLCInventor: Lewis Sharps
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Patent number: 7174587Abstract: A patient positioning system for radiation therapy, including an elongated table, a lock bar positioned on the table and extending perpendicular to a length of the table, and first and second clamps secured to opposing ends of the lock bar. The clamps are adapted to grip flat surfaces of sides of the table so as to secure the lock bar in a fixed position along the length of the table. The second clamp is adjustably secured on the lock bar so that the second clamp can be unsecured from the lock bar, the lock bar can be re-positioned on the table as desired, and the second clamp then re-secured to the lock bar to fix the lock bar in place on the table. The system also includes a patient restraint member secured to the lock bar and adapted to extend over a patient lying on the table.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2004Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Analogic CorporationInventors: Andrew P. Tybinkowski, Robert F. Riemer, Robert M. Williams
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Patent number: 7171709Abstract: A patient support with a removable foot section is provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2005Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventor: Matthew W. Weismiller
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Patent number: 7137160Abstract: A bed (10) includes a base (12) and a frame assembly (14). A head end support assembly (16) and a foot end support assembly (18) are coupled between the base (12) and the frame assembly (14). The frame assembly (14) includes first and second side frame members (80, 82) located above the base (12). The bed (10) also includes a plurality of latch mechanisms (160) coupled to the first and second side frame members (80, 82), and a patient support surface (162) configured to be coupled to the first and second side frame members (80, 82) by the plurality of latch mechanisms (160). A rotational drive mechanism (130) is coupled to the foot end support assembly (18) to rotate the frame assembly (14) about its longitudinal axis to a prone position. A proning surface (250) is coupled to the frame assembly (14) to support a patient in the prone position.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2004Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Inventors: Barry D. Hand, Richard Robinson, Matthew R. Cavanaugh, Jack J. Brooks, Vincent L. Babson, Steven J. Doehler, Eric Weidner
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Patent number: 7134157Abstract: A motor-adjustable head rest for operating tables comprises a head plate (12) which is arranged at one end of a curved support shaft (24) which, in a plane which is perpendicular with respect to the axis of curvature, is guided in an adjustable manner on a support between three rollers (26, 28, 30) which are spaced from one another in the direction of adjustment, which support can be connected to the operating table. The tracks (32, 34, 36) for the rollers (26, 28, 30) which are formed on the support shaft (24) are shaped such that their instantaneous curvature centers in each position of the support shaft (24) coincide with the instantaneous center of rotation of the head movement during the lifting and the lowering of the patient's head (14) resting on the head plate (12).Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2003Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Maquet GmbH & Co, KGInventor: Guido Koch
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Patent number: 7103930Abstract: The present invention concerns a device for the calibration and standardization of the rotation and movement of a patient's hip. More particularly the present invention relates to a device for the calibration and standardization of the rotation and movement of the hip for use in connection with improving the reproducibility and accuracy of a diagnostic procedure such as, for example, bone density measurement using dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA).Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2002Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia UniversityInventor: Vicki Addesso-Dodd
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Patent number: 7103932Abstract: Echocardiography table with an access cushion hinged within an access recess and a patient support cushion that swings out about a pivot from a swung in position within a patient support recess and a swung out position clear of the patient support recess. Retainers such as locking elements keep the patient support cushion in either the swung in or swung out position, as applicable. The patient support recess may have opposite walls that diverge and complement the tapering sides of the patient support cushion. The access cushion may be hinged to either rotate upright or swing to a hanging position.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2004Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Biodex Medical Systems, Inc.Inventor: James M. Kandora
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Patent number: 7100225Abstract: A modular surgical patient positioner unit consists of three perforated plastic boards arranged for interconnection together and for attachment to a hospital O.R. table. Two outer boards of similar length and width and a central board of similar width and greater length are employed. When employed with regular-sized patients, the three boards are arranged such that the widths thereof are in alignment. When employed with bariatric patients, the longer central board is rotated perpendicular the other two boards, to provide added width to support the bariatric patient.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2005Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: IMP Inc.Inventors: James Bailey, Earl Cole