# US 12,589,046 B2 · Surgery positioner system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,589,046 B2 - Document ID: US12589046B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/686,015 - Filed: 2022-08-15 - Published: 2024-07-18 - Granted: 2026-03-31 - Earliest claimed: 2021-08-23 - Assignees: NuVasive, Inc. - Applicants: NuVasive, Inc. - Inventors: Bradley S. Anderson; Stephanie Hagan; David Yam - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12589046B2 ## CPC - A61G 13/0054: {specially adapted for back or spinal surgeries} - A61G 13/08: the table being divided into different adjustable sections - A61G 13/04: tiltable around transverse or longitudinal axis - A61G 13/12: Rests specially adapted therefor; Arrangements of patient-supporting surfaces {(rests for the surgeon A61B90/60; restraining devices A61F5/37)} - A61G 13/1285: {having modular surface parts, e.g. being replaceable or turnable} - A61G 13/1295: {having alignment devices for the patient's body} - A61G 13/129: {having surface parts for adaptation of the size, e.g. for extension or reduction (tables with different adjustable sections A61G13/08)} - A61G 2210/50: for radiography - 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 Patient support board assemblies for holding a patient on a framed operating table such as a so-called Jackson table are provided. A patient support board assembly has a lower board secured to the bed frame and an upper board movably secured to the lower board. The upper board can be rotated, slid, or tilted with respect to the lower board. The upper board is adapted to have one or more patient supports secured thereto. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A patient support board assembly for use with an open-framed operating table having a bed frame having a bed frame length and at least one bed frame beam extending lengthwise with respect to the bed frame, the support board assembly comprising: a lower board comprising a lower board overall length, a lower board overall width, a lower board overall thickness, a lower board top surface, and a lower board bottom surface, the lower board adapted to be releasably secured to the at least one bed frame beam in a position extending at least partially across a width of the bed frame and with the lower board bottom surface facing an upper surface of the at least one bed frame beam; an upper board positioned on or above the lower board top surface, the upper board comprising an upper board overall length, an upper board overall width, an upper board overall thickness, an upper board top surface, and an upper board bottom surface, wherein the upper board is slidingly secured to the lower board with the upper board bottom surface facing the lower board top surface such that the upper board can be slidingly displaced with respect to the lower board in a movement plane parallel to a plane defined by the lower board top surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The patient support board assembly of claim 1, wherein the upper board is movably secured to the lower board with the upper board bottom surface facing the lower board top surface such that the upper board can be moved with respect to the lower board in the movement plane. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The patient support board assembly of claim 2, wherein the upper board is rotatably secured to the lower board with the upper board bottom surface facing the lower board top surface such that the upper board can be rotated with respect to the lower board in the movement plane. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The patient support board assembly of claim 1, wherein the upper board is tiltingly secured to the lower board with the upper board bottom surface facing the lower board top surface such that the upper board can be tiltingly displaced with respect to the lower board. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The patient support board assembly of claim 1, wherein the upper board comprises a plurality of upper board peg holes therein, each of the upper board peg holes adapted to slidingly receive a peg. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The patient support board assembly of claim 5, further comprising: one or more pegs inserted into one or more of the upper board peg holes. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The patient support board assembly of claim 1, wherein the lower board comprises a plurality of lower board peg holes therein, each of the lower board peg holes adapted to slidingly receive a peg. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The patient support board assembly of claim 7, further comprising: one or more pegs inserted into one or more of the lower board peg holes. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The patient support board assembly of claim 1, wherein the upper board comprises a plurality of upper board peg holes therein, wherein the lower board comprises a plurality of lower board peg holes therein, and each of the upper board peg holes and lower board peg holes is adapted to slidingly receive a peg. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The patient support board assembly of claim 9, further comprising: at least one peg positioned at least partially within an upper board peg hole and simultaneously positioned at least partially within a lower board peg hole. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) An operating table, comprising: a table bed frame comprising at least one bed frame beam extending lengthwise with respect to the table bed frame; and a first patient support board assembly, wherein the first patient support board assembly comprises a patient support board assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first patient support board assembly is secured to the at least one bed frame beam at a first position along the length of the at least one bed frame beam. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1, 11) The operating table of claim 11, further comprising: a second patient support board assembly, wherein the second patient support board assembly comprises a patient support board assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second patient support board assembly is secured to the at least one bed frame beam at a second position along the length of the at least one bed frame beam. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The operating table of claim 11, wherein the upper board is rotatably and slidingly secured to the lower board such that the upper board can be slid along the upper board overall length with respect to the lower board. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The operating table of claim 13, further comprising: a lock adapted to selectively hold the upper board at a desired rotational and sliding position with respect to the lower board.