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US 12,208,046 B2Granted
Lift and method for use of a lift for positioning a patient relative to a surgical frame
AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorsRoy K. Lim, Matthew M. Morrison, Richard A. Hynes, Olumide O. Aruwajoye
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Abstract
A lift, a head support, and methods for use thereof for use with a surgical frame are provided. The lift and the head support can be used with the surgical frame that is capable of reconfiguration before, during, or after surgery. The surgical frame can include a main beam that can be rotated, raised/lowered, and tilted upwardly/downwardly to afford positioning and repositioning of a patient supported thereon, and the lift and the head support can be used in lifting the patient from a table/gurney and positioning the patient with respect to the main beam.
Claims20
A method of transferring a patient from a table/gurney using a vest portion, a harness portion, and a surgical frame, the method comprising:
- positioning a torso portion of the patient on the vest portion positioned on the table/gurney;
- attaching at least a portion of the vest portion to the patient;
- attaching a first portion of the harness portion to the vest portion, and attaching a second portion of the harness portion to the vest portion;
- rotating a main beam of the surgical frame from a first position to an upside-down second position to facilitate positioning thereof above the patient positioned on the table/gurney;
- spacing a first flexible connector from a first side of the main beam by at least one arm portion attached to a portion of the main beam, and spacing a second flexible connector from an opposite second side of the main beam by the at least one arm portion attached to the portion of the main beam;
- after rotation of the main beam to the upside-down second position, attaching the first flexible connector to the first portion of the harness portion by bringing at least a portion of the first flexible connector adjacent a left lateral side of the torso portion, and attaching the second flexible connector to the second portion of the harness portion by bringing at least a portion of the second flexible connector adjacent a right lateral side of the torso portion;
- retracting a length of the first flexible connector using at least one lifting device attached relative to the main beam, and retracting a length of the second flexible connector using the at least one lifting device attached relative to the main beam;
- lifting the patient toward the main beam via retraction of the lengths of the first flexible connector and the second flexible connector;
- contacting portions of the patient with support componentry attached relative to the main beam, and attaching the portions of the patient to the support componentry;
- temporarily holding the patient in contact with the support componentry with the main beam in the upside-down second position;
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- rotating the main beam of the surgical frame away from the upside-down second position to the first position to flip positions of the patient in preparation for surgery;
- wherein the main beam is interposed between the patient in contact with the support componentry, and portions of the at least one arm portion.
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A method of transferring a patient from a table/gurney using a vest/harness and a surgical frame, the method comprising:
- positioning a torso portion of the patient on the vest/harness positioned on the table/gurney;
- rotating a main beam of the surgical frame from a first position to an upside-down second position to facilitate positioning thereof above the patient positioned on the table/gurney;
- spacing a first flexible connector from a first side of the main beam by at least one arm portion attached to an undersurface of a portion of the main beam, and spacing a second flexible connector from an opposite second side of the main beam by the at least arm portion attached to the undersurface of the portion of the main beam;
- after rotation of the main beam to the upside-down second position, attaching the first flexible connector to a first portion of the vest/harness adjacent a left lateral side of the torso portion and a left arm of the patient, and attaching the second flexible connector to a second portion of the vest/harness adjacent a right lateral side of the torso portion and a right arm of the patient;
- retracting a length of the first flexible connector between the left lateral side of the torso portion and the left arm of the patient using at least one lifting device attached relative to the main beam, and retracting a length of the second flexible connector between the right lateral side of the torso portion and the right arm of the patient using the at least one lifting device attached relative to the main beam;
- lifting the patient toward the main beam via retraction of the lengths of the first flexible connector and the second flexible connector;
- contacting portions of the patient with support componentry attached relative to the main beam, and attaching the portions of the patient to the support componentry;
- temporarily holding the patient in contact with the support componentry with the main beam in the upside-down second position;
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- rotating the main beam of the surgical frame away from the upside-down second position to the first position to flip positions of the patient in preparation for surgery;
- wherein the main beam is interposed between the patient in contact with the support componentry, and portions of the at least one portion.
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A method of transferring a patient from a table/gurney using a vest/harness and a surgical frame, the method comprising:
- rotating a main beam of the surgical frame from a first position to an upside-down second position to facilitate positioning thereof above a torso portion of the patient positioned on the vest/harness positioned on the table/gurney;
- spacing a first flexible connector from a first side of the main beam by at least one arm portion attached to an undersurface of a portion of the main beam, and spacing a second flexible connector from an opposite second side of the main beam by the at least one arm portion attached to the undersurface of the portion of the main beam;
- after rotation of the main beam to the upside-down second position, attaching the first flexible connector to a portion of a first lateral side of the vest/harness adjacent a left lateral side of the torso portion and a left arm of the patient, and attaching the second flexible connector to a portion of a second lateral side of the vest/harness adjacent a right lateral side of the torso portion and a right arm of the patient;
- lifting the patient toward the main beam via retraction of a length of the first flexible connector using at least one lifting device and via retraction of a length of the second flexible connector using the at least one lifting device;
- contacting portions of the patient with support componentry attached relative to the main beam, and attaching the portions of the patient to the support componentry;
- temporarily holding the patient in contact with the support componentry with the main beam in the upside-down second position;
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- rotating the main beam of the surgical frame away from the upside-down second position to the first position to flip positions of the patient in preparation for surgery;
- wherein the main beam is interposed between the patient in contact with the support componentry, and portions of the at least one arm portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.