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US 12,403,055 · App. 17/386,731 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Surgical patient support for lateral-to-prone patient positioning

Inventors: Joshua C. Hight (Littleton, MA); Jesse S. Drake (Westborough, MA); Jeffrey C. Marrion (Acton, MA); Christopher B. Dubois (Marlborough, MA); Ben Hertz (Acton, MA); Andrew Sennett (Hanover, MA); Patrick Brophy (Medford, MA)
Assignee: Allen Medical Systems, Inc.
A61G13/08A61G13/0054A61G13/04A61G13/1245A61G13/1295A61G13/06A61G13/122A61G13/123A61G13/1235A61G2200/322A61G2200/325
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Patent No.
US 12,403,055
App. No.
17/386,731
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to the present disclosure, a surgical patient support provides support to a patient. The surgical patient support may include configuration to accommodate various patient body positions to provide a variety of access to the patient's body.

Claims (36)

1. A surgical patient support system, comprising:

a base frame including a head elevator tower and a foot elevator tower each having a support bracket connected thereto for movement of the support brackets between higher and lower positions as the head and foot elevator towers are raised and lowered, respectively,

a support frame including first and second rails extending parallel to each other from a head end to a foot end, a head-cross beam and a foot-cross beam extending between the first and second rails at the head end and foot end respectively, and connection arms including a head-connection arm engaged with the head-cross beam and coupled with the support bracket of the head tower and a leg-connection arm engaged with the leg-cross beam and coupled with the support bracket of the leg tower,

a support platform coupled to the support frame and including a torso section and a leg section, and

an actuator coupled to the support frame and configured to support the leg section, wherein the actuator is operated electrically to move the leg section relative to the torso section between a raised position and a lowered position to create a leg break of a surgical patient in a lateral position,

wherein the support frame comprises a first support frame and further comprising a second support frame coupled to the support brackets and arranged perpendicular to the support platform when the leg section is in the raised position.

2. The surgical patient support of claim 1 , wherein the leg section of the support platform is hingedly attached to the support frame to move between the raised position and the lowered position and the actuator is pivotably connected to the leg section of the platform on a bottom side thereof.

3. The surgical patient support of claim 1 , wherein the actuator is configured for operation between an extended position and a retracted position, the extended position of the actuator corresponds to the raised position of the leg section, and the retracted position of the actuator corresponds to the lowered position of the leg section.

4. The surgical patient support of claim 3 , wherein the lowered position is arranged to contribute about 25° of leg break to the surgical patient in the lateral position.

5. The surgical patient support of claim 3 , wherein the raised position is arranged to contribute about 0° of leg break to the surgical patient in the lateral position.

6. The surgical patient support of claim 3 , wherein the actuator includes a linear actuator configured to rotate an axle.

7. The surgical patient support of claim 1 , wherein the first and second rails each include a torso rail which extends from the head end towards the foot end and the first and second rails define a constant width between the torso rails along the extension direction.

8. The surgical patient support of claim 1 , wherein the first and second rails each include a torso rail and a leg rail, the torso rails each extending from the head-cross beam towards the foot end to connect with the leg rail of the respective support rail, and each leg rail extends from connection with the torso rail of the respective support rail towards the foot end.

9. The surgical patient support of claim 1 , wherein the torso section comprises a first flat panel and the leg section comprises a second flat panel.

10. A surgical patient support system, comprising:

a base frame including a head elevator tower and a foot elevator tower each having a support bracket connected thereto for movement of the support brackets between higher and lower positions as the head and foot elevator towers are raised and lowered, respectively,

a support frame including first and second rails extending parallel to each other from a head end to a foot end, a head-cross beam and a foot-cross beam extending between the first and second rails at the head end and foot end respectively, and connection arms including a head-connection arm engaged with the head-cross beam and coupled with the support bracket of the head tower and a leg-connection arm engaged with the leg-cross beam and coupled with the support bracket of the leg tower,

a support platform coupled to the support frame and including a torso section and a leg section, and

an actuator coupled to the support frame and configured to support the leg section, wherein the actuator is operated electrically to move the leg section relative to the torso section between a raised position and a lowered position to create a leg break of a surgical patient in a lateral position,

wherein the first and second rails each include a torso rail and a leg rail, the torso rails each extending from the head-cross beam towards the foot end to connect with the leg rail of the respective support rail, and each leg rail extends from connection with the torso rail of the respective support rail towards the foot end,

wherein each leg rail includes a first sub-rail and a second sub-rail, and each first sub-rail extends from connection with the respective torso rail towards the foot end at an angle relative to the respective torso rail.

11. The surgical patient support of claim 10 , wherein each first sub-rail extends from connection with the respective torso rail towards the foot end at an angle of about 15 to about 35 degrees relative to the respective torso rail.

12. The surgical patient support of claim 10 , wherein each second sub-rail extends from connection with the foot-cross beam for connection with the respective first sub-rail.

13. The surgical patient support of claim 10 , wherein in the lowered position, the leg section of the platform is parallel to each first sub-rail.

14. The surgical patient support of claim 10 , further comprising a protection sheath coupled the second sub-rails and configured to block against pinch point formation during movement of the leg section.

15. The surgical patient support of claim 8 , wherein the support frame includes a cross link that extends between the leg rails and a cross arm extending from the cross link to support the actuator.

16. The surgical patient support of claim 15 , wherein the actuator is pivotably connected to the cross arm.

17. A surgical patient support system, comprising:

a base frame including a head elevator tower and a foot elevator tower each having a support bracket connected thereto for movement of the support brackets between higher and lower positions as the head and foot elevator towers are raised and lowered, respectively,

a support frame including first and second rails extending parallel to each other from a head end to a foot end, a head-cross beam and a foot-cross beam extending between the first and second rails at the head end and foot end respectively, and connection arms including a head-connection arm engaged with the head-cross beam and coupled with the support bracket of the head tower and a leg-connection arm engaged with the leg-cross beam and coupled with the support bracket of the leg tower,

a support platform coupled to the support frame and including a torso section and a leg section, and

an actuator coupled to the support frame and configured to support the leg section, wherein the actuator is operated electrically to move the leg section relative to the torso section between a raised position and a lowered position to create a leg break of a surgical patient in a lateral position,

wherein the torso section comprises a first flat panel and the leg section comprises a second flat panel,

wherein the first and second rails each include a torso rail and a leg rail and wherein a bottom surface of the second flat panel is spaced apart from the leg rails when the leg section is in the raised position.

18. The surgical patient support of claim 17 , wherein the bottom surface of the second flat panel rests atop the leg rails when the leg section is in the lowered position.

19. The surgical patient support of claim 17 , wherein the first flat panel rests atop the torso rails during movement of the leg section between the raised and lowered positions.

Assignments (1)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 050260/0644 Recorded Dec 14, 2021
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: BREATHE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.; ALLEN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.; WELCH ALLYN, INC.; HILL-ROM, INC.; VOALTE, INC.; BARDY DIAGNOSTICS, INC.; HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058517/0001 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16451446 · Jun 25, 2019
Continuation 15290156 · Oct 11, 2016
Provisional Application 62352711 · Jun 21, 2016
Provisional Application 62245646 · Oct 23, 2015
Related Publication 20210353487A1 · Nov 18, 2021
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