Stabilization system
OwnerAndrew Wheelerinventor
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Abstract
A stabilization system configured to be arranged on a floor comprising a table having generally flat surface having a longitudinal axis for receiving a human body having a first hole, a second hole, and third hole within the flat surface, each hole having a hole shape with a generally vertical inner surface and configured to receive a bolster connector, a bolster comprising a bolster connector ‘having an outer shape corresponding to the hole shape, the bolster connector configured to be reversibly engaged by one of the holes, a generally flat surface generally perpendicular to the table surface when the bolster connector is engaged by one of the holes.
Claims20
A stabilization table configured to support a patient, the stabilization table comprising a generally flat upper surface for receiving a patient and a bottom surface, wherein the table has at least three holes, each with a generally vertical inner surface configured to receive a bolster for contacting and stabilizing said patient, while permitting said patient to change orientation respective to the table or bolsters or both, wherein said bolster comprises a bolster shaft having an outer shape configured to reversibly engage one or more of said at least three holes, wherein the bolster shaft perpendicularly traverses said table when said bolster shaft is reversibly engaged with one or more of said at least three, and wherein said bolster shaft possesses an end that is flush with a lower surface of said table or wherein said bolster shaft protrudes from said lower surface of said table when engaged with one or more of said at least three holes, and further wherein said bolster is capable of reversibly engaging any of said at least three holes such that when said bolster is reversibly engaged, said bolster does not circumferentially rotate and does not vertically move, and further comprising a planar member disposed beneath and in spaced apart relation to the bottom surface of the table to form a chamber for receiving air flow generated by an air moving apparatus in fluid communication with the chamber, the planar member having openings at each corner, the openings cut on a radius emanating from the corner, the radius being between two to ten inches.
A method of stabilizing a patient comprising:
- selecting a patient in need of therapeutic manipulation;
- providing a stabilization table for receiving the patient in a position, wherein the table possesses at least three holes;
- providing at least one bolster, wherein the bolster comprises a bolster shaft;
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- disposing the at least one bolster within at least one of the at least three holes based on the therapeutic manipulation needed, such that the patient is contacted by the at least one bolster and stabilized based on the contact, while allowing the patient to change orientation respective to the table or the at least one bolster or both, wherein the disposing is a compressive engagement between the bolster shaft of the at least one bolster with one or more of the at least three holes, and wherein the bolster shaft possesses an end that is flush with a lower surface of the table or wherein the bolster shaft protrudes from the lower surface when compressively engaged with one or more of the at least three holes, and wherein the compressively engaged bolster does not circumferentially rotate and does not vertically move;
- and,
- providing a planar member disposed beneath and in spaced apart relation to the lower surface of the table to form a chamber for receiving air flow generated by an air moving apparatus in fluid communication with the chamber, the planar member having openings at each corner, the openings cut on a radius emanating from the corner, the radius being between two to ten inches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.