# US 12,213,905 B2 · Surgical platform system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,213,905 B2 - Document ID: US12213905B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/740,559 - Filed: 2022-05-10 - Published: 2023-11-16 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2022-05-10 - Assignees: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. - Applicants: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. - Inventors: Roy K. Lim; Mark C. Dace - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12213905B2 ## CPC - A61F 5/3776: {by means of a blanket or belts (to chairs only A61F5/3792)} - A61G 13/0054: {specially adapted for back or spinal surgeries} - A61G 13/02: Adjustable operating tables; Controls therefor - A61G 13/04: tiltable around transverse or longitudinal axis - A61G 13/06: raising or lowering of the whole table surface (A61G13/04 takes precedence) - A61G 13/08: the table being divided into different adjustable sections - A61G 13/10: Parts, details or accessories (surgical drape sheets A61B46/00) - A61G 7/008: tiltable around longitudinal axis, e.g. for rolling - A61G 2200/325: prone - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) ## Abstract A surgical platform system including a first platform portion, a second platform portion, and a support portion is provided. The support platform supports the first platform portion, and can be moveable relative to a surgical robotic system supporting the second platform portion. With the support portion and the first platform portion positioned relative to the surgical robotic system, the first platform portion supporting a first portion of the patient and the second platform portion supporting a second portion of the patient can be adjusted relative to one another to correspondingly adjust positions/orientations of the first portion and the second portion of the patient. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A surgical platform system comprising: a first platform portion and a support portion supporting the first platform portion, the support portion including a first support structure, a second support structure, and an adjustment portion, the first support structure having a first end, an opposite second end, a first end portion at the first end of the first support structure, a second end portion at the second end of the first support structure, and at least one cross member extending between the first end portion and the second end portion of the first support structure, the second support structure extending upwardly from the first support structure at and adjacent to the second end of the first support structure, the second support structure vertically spacing the adjustment portion apart from the first support structure, and the adjustment portion supporting the first platform portion relative to the first support structure and the second support structure, and being configured to at least one of rotate and tilt the first platform portion; and the first platform portion including a first end, an opposite second end, a first end portion at the first end of the first platform portion, a second end portion at the second end of the first platform portion, at least a first rail and a second rail extending between the first end portion and the second end portion of the first platform portion, a head support, and a chest support supported by the at least the first rail and the second rail of the first platform portion; and a second platform portion including a first end, an opposite second end, a first end portion at the first end of the second platform portion, a second end portion at the second end of the second platform portion, at least a first rail and a second rail extending between the first end portion and the second end portion of the second platform portion, and at least a first thigh support and a second thigh support supported by the at least the first rail and the second rail of the second platform portion; wherein the support portion is positionable relative to a robotic system, and the first end portion of the second platform portion is supported relative to the robotic system; wherein, when the support portion is positioned relative to the robotic system, the first platform portion and the second platform portion are positioned adjacent to one another and separated by a gap between the first end of the first platform portion and the second end of the second platform portion; and wherein the first platform portion configured to be at least one of rotated and tilted relative to the second platform portion to position/orient and reposition/reorient portions of a patient supported by the first platform portion and the second platform portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The surgical platform of claim 1, wherein the second support structure is expandable and contractible between a first height and a second height to correspondingly move the first platform portion upwardly and downwardly relative to the first support structure. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The surgical platform of claim 1, further comprising at least one platen supporting the head support and the chest support, the at least one platen being supported between the at least the first rail and the second rail of the first platform portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The surgical platform of claim 1, wherein at least one of the head support, the chest support, the first thigh support, and the second thigh support are each adjustable relative to the at least the first rails and the second rails of a respective one of the first platform portion and the second platform portion to accommodate patients of different sizes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The surgical platform of claim 1, wherein the adjustment portion is configured to tilt the first end of the first platform portion upwardly and downwardly relative to the first support structure, and configured to rotate the first platform portion side-to-side relative to the first support structure. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The surgical platform of claim 1, further comprising a first positioner portion attached to the first support structure and a second positioner portion attached relative to the robotic system, and engagement of the first positioner portion and the second positioner portion initially positions the support portion relative to the robotic system. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The surgical platform of claim 6, wherein positioning of the first support structure relative to robotic system via positioning of the first positioner portion relative to the second positioner portion correspondingly adjusts a length of the first platform portion and the second platform portion to accommodate patients of different sizes. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The surgical platform of claim 1, wherein the second platform portion is at least one of moveable upwardly/downwardly, rotatable, and tiltable by the robotic system relative to the first platform portion. ### Claim 9 A surgical platform system comprising: a first platform portion and a support portion, the support portion supporting the first platform portion above and vertically spacing the first platform portion apart from a ground, the support portion including an adjustment portion connected to the first platform portion, and being configured to at least one of rotate and tilt the first platform portion; and the first platform portion including a first end, an opposite second end, a first end portion at the first end of the first platform portion, a second end portion at the second end of the first platform portion, at least a first rail and a second rail extending between the first end portion and the second end portion of the first platform portion, a head support, and a chest support supported by the at least the first rail and the second rail of the first platform portion; and a second platform portion including a first end, an opposite second end, a first end portion at the first end of the second platform portion, a second end portion at the second end of the second platform portion, at least a first rail and a second rail extending between the first end portion and the second end portion of the second platform portion, and at least a first thigh support and a second thigh support supported by the at least the first rail and the second rail of the second platform portion; wherein the support portion is positionable relative to a robotic system, and the first end portion of the second platform portion is supported relative to the robotic system; wherein, when the support portion is positioned relative to the robotic system, the first platform portion and the second platform portion are positioned adjacent to one another and separated by a gap between the first end of the first platform portion and the second end of the second platform portion; and wherein the first platform portion configured to be at least one of rotated and tilted relative to the second platform portion to position/orient and reposition/reorient portions of a patient supported by the first platform portion and the second platform portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The surgical platform of claim 9, wherein a portion of the support portion is expandable and contractible between a first height and a second height to correspondingly move the first platform portion upwardly and downwardly relative to the portion of the support portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The surgical platform of claim 9, further comprising at least one platen supporting the head support and the chest support, the at least one platen being supported between the at least the first rail and the second rail of the first platform portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The surgical platform of claim 9, wherein the adjustment portion is configured to tilt the first end of the first platform portion upwardly and downwardly relative to the ground, and configured to rotate the first platform portion side-to-side relative to the ground. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The surgical platform of claim 9, further comprising a first positioner portion attached to the support portion and a second positioner portion attached relative to the robotic system, and engagement of the first positioner portion and the second positioner portion initially positions the support portion relative to the robotic system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The surgical platform of claim 9, wherein the second platform portion is at least one of moveable upwardly/downwardly, rotatable, and tiltable by the robotic system relative to the first platform portion. ### Claim 15 A surgical platform system comprising: a first platform portion and a support portion supporting the first platform portion, the support portion including a first support structure, a second support structure, and an adjustment portion, the first support structure having a first end, an opposite second end, a first end portion at the first end of the first support structure, a second end portion at the second end of the first support structure, and at least one cross member extending between the first end portion and the second end portion of the first support structure, the second support structure extending upwardly from the first support structure at and adjacent to the second end of the first support structure, the second support structure vertically spacing the adjustment portion apart from the first support structure, and the adjustment portion supporting the first platform portion relative to the first support structure and the second support structure, and being configured to at least one of rotate and tilt the first platform portion; and the first platform portion including a first end, an opposite second end, and a length between the first end and the second end of the first platform portion, the first platform portion being configured to support a first portion of a patient thereon; and a second platform portion including a first end, an opposite second end, and a length between the first end and the second end of the second platform portion, the second platform portion being configured to support a second portion of the patient thereon; wherein the support portion is positionable relative to a robotic system, and the first end of the second platform portion is supported relative to the robotic system; wherein, when the support portion is positioned relative to the robotic system, the first platform portion and the second platform portion are positioned adjacent to one another and separated by a gap between the first end of the first platform portion and the second end of the second platform portion; and wherein each of the first platform portion and the second platform portion configured to be at least one of rotated and tilted relative to one another to position/orient and reposition/reorient the first and second portions of the patient supported by the first platform portion and the second platform portion. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The surgical platform of claim 15, wherein the second support structure is expandable and contractible between a first height and a second height to correspondingly move the first platform portion upwardly and downwardly relative to the first support structure. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The surgical platform of claim 15, wherein the adjustment portion is configured to tilt the first end of the first platform portion upwardly and downwardly relative to the first support structure, and configured to rotate the first platform portion side-to-side relative to the first support structure. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The surgical platform of claim 15, further comprising a first positioner portion attached to the first support structure and a second positioner portion attached relative to the robotic system, and engagement of the first positioner portion and the second positioner portion initially positions the support portion relative to the robotic system. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The surgical platform of claim 18, wherein the first positioner portion includes a first plate portion and a second plate portion spaced apart from one another, and defines with an undersurface of the first support structure a cavity, and the second positioner portion includes a tongue portion extending outwardly relative to the robotic system, the tongue portion being receivable within the cavity to position the support portion relative to the robotic system. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The surgical platform of claim 18, wherein positioning of the first support structure relative to robotic system via positioning of the first positioner portion relative to the second positioner portion correspondingly adjusts a length of the first platform portion and the second platform portion to accommodate patients of different sizes.