Surgical support system with support top height adjustment

A surgical table comprising:

• a foundation frame including a first column and a second column spaced apart from the first column, a support top configured to support a patient thereon and supported above ground by the first column and the second column, and
• a yoke bracket arranged to interconnect at least one of the first and second columns and the support top, the yoke bracket including:
• a left coupling member formed to include a number of attachment holes situated between a front surface and a back surface of the left coupling member,
• a right coupling member formed to include a number of attachment holes situated between a front surface and a back surface of the right coupling member, and
• a support-top height adjuster interconnecting the left and right coupling members to the support top and configured to engage selectively with one of the attachment holes formed in the left and right coupling members to establish a selected height of the support top from the ground,
• wherein the support-top height adjuster includes a carriage assembly movable slidably along the left and right coupling members, a left height-adjustment handle coupled to a left side of the carriage assembly, and a right height-adjustment handle coupled to a right side of the carriage assembly,
• wherein the left and right height-adjustment handles are movable from a locked position, in which a lock pin of the left and right height-adjustment handles extend into a respective one of the attachment holes formed in the left and right coupling members to retain the support top at the selected height, and an unlocked position, in which the lock pin of the left and right height-adjustment handles are removed from the attachment holes of both the left and right coupling members so that the carriage assembly and at least a portion of the support top is movable together upwardly or downwardly along the left and right coupling members of the yoke bracket to a different selected height, and
• wherein at least one of the first column and the second column includes a column base, a connector block coupled to the yoke bracket to support the yoke bracket on the column base, and a bracket retention system including a lock pin movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, a first detent pin fixed to the connector block, and a second detent pin fixed to one of the left and right coupling members with the lock pin.

A surgical table comprising:

• a foundation frame including a first column and a second column spaced apart from the first column, a support top configured to support a patient thereon and supported above ground by the first column and the second column, and
• a yoke bracket arranged to interconnect at least one of the first and second columns and the support top, the yoke bracket including:
• a left coupling member formed to include a number of attachment holes situated between a front surface and a back surface of the left coupling member,
• a right coupling member formed to include a number of attachment holes situated between a front surface and a back surface of the right coupling member, and
• a support-top height adjuster interconnecting the left and right coupling members to the support top and configured to engage selectively with one of the attachment holes formed in the left and right coupling members to establish a selected height of the support top from the ground,
• wherein the support-top height adjuster includes a carriage assembly movable slidably along the left and right coupling members, a left height-adjustment handle coupled to a left side of the carriage assembly, and a right height-adjustment handle coupled to a right side of the carriage assembly,
• wherein the left and right height-adjustment handles are movable from a locked position, in which a lock pin of the left and right height-adjustment handles extend into a respective one of the attachment holes formed in the left and right coupling members to retain the support top at the selected height, and an unlocked position, in which the lock pin of the left and right height-adjustment handles are removed from the attachment holes of both the left and right coupling members so that the carriage assembly and at least a portion of the support top is movable together upwardly or downwardly along the left and right coupling members of the yoke bracket to a different selected height,
• wherein at least one of the first column and the second column includes a column base, a connector block coupled to the yoke bracket to support the yoke bracket on the column base, and a bracket retention system including a lock pin movable between a locked position and an unlocked position and a pin latch movable relative to the lock pin between a latched position and an unlatched position,
• wherein in the locked position, the lock pin is received within a throughhole formed in one of the left and right coupling members and a blind hole formed in the connector block and the pin latch engages the lock pin to block sliding movement of the lock pin to the unlocked position, and, in the unlocked position, the lock pin is removed from the blind hole formed in the connector block and the pin latch engages the lock pin to block sliding movement of the lock pin to the locked position,
• wherein the lock pin is formed to include a first channel and a second channel spaced apart from the first channel, and
• wherein the pin latch extends into the first channel in the latched position when the lock pin is in the locked position and the pin latch extends into the second channel in the latched position when the lock pin is in the unlocked position.

A surgical table comprising:

• a foundation frame including a first column and a second column spaced apart from the first column, a support top configured to support a patient thereon and supported above ground by the first column and the second column, and
• a yoke bracket arranged to interconnect at least one of the first and second columns and the support top, the yoke bracket including:
• a left coupling member formed to include a number of attachment holes situated between a front surface and a back surface of the left coupling member,
• a right coupling member formed to include a number of attachment holes situated between a front surface and a back surface of the left coupling member,
• wherein at least one of the first column and the second column includes a column base, a connector block coupled to the yoke bracket to support the yoke bracket on the column base, and a bracket retention system including a lock pin movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, a first detent pin fixed to the connector block, and a second detent pin fixed to one of the left and right coupling members with the lock pin, and
• wherein in the locked position, the lock pin is received within a throughhole formed in one of the left and right coupling members and a blind hole formed in the connector block and engages the first detent pin to block sliding movement of the lock pin to the unlocked position, and, in the unlocked position, the lock pin is removed from the blind hole formed in the connector block and engages the second detent pin to block sliding movement of the lock pin to the locked position.

A surgical table comprising:

• a foundation frame including a first column and a second column spaced apart from the first column, a support top configured to support a patient thereon and supported above ground by the first column and the second column, and
• a yoke bracket arranged to interconnect at least one of the first and second columns and the support top, the yoke bracket including:
• a left coupling member formed to include a number of attachment holes situated between a front surface and a back surface of the left coupling member,
• a right coupling member formed to include a number of attachment holes situated between a front surface and a back surface of the left coupling member,
• wherein at least one of the first column and the second column includes a column base, a connector block coupled to the yoke bracket to support the yoke bracket on the column base, and a bracket retention system including a lock pin movable between a locked position and an unlocked position and a pin latch movable relative to the lock pin between a latched position and an unlatched position,
• wherein in the locked position, the lock pin is received within a throughhole formed in one of the left and right coupling members and a blind hole formed in the connector block and the pin latch engages the lock pin to block sliding movement of the lock pin to the unlocked position, and, in the unlocked position, the lock pin is removed from the blind hole formed in the connector block and the pin latch engages the lock pin to block sliding movement of the lock pin to the locked position,
• wherein the lock pin is formed to include a first channel and a second channel spaced apart from the first channel, and
• wherein the pin latch extends into the first channel in the latched position when the lock pin is in the locked position and the pin latch extends into the second channel in the latched position when the lock pin is in the unlocked position.

A surgical table comprising:

• a foundation frame including a first column and a second column spaced apart from the first column, a support top configured to support a patient thereon and supported above ground by the first column and the second column, and
• a yoke bracket arranged to interconnect at least one of the first and second columns and the support top, the yoke bracket including:
• a left coupling member formed to include a number of attachment holes situated between a front surface and a back surface of the left coupling member,
• a right coupling member formed to include a number of attachment holes situated between a front surface and a back surface of the left coupling member,
• wherein at least one of the first column and the second column includes a column base, a connector block coupled to the yoke bracket to support the yoke bracket on the column base, and a bracket retention system including a lock pin movable between a locked position and an unlocked position and a pin latch movable relative to the lock pin between a latched position and an unlatched position,
• wherein in the locked position, the lock pin is received within a throughhole formed in one of the left and right coupling members and a blind hole formed in the connector block and the pin latch engages the lock pin to block sliding movement of the lock pin to the unlocked position, and, in the unlocked position, the lock pin is removed from the blind hole formed in the connector block and the pin latch engages the lock pin to block sliding movement of the lock pin to the locked position, and
• wherein the pin latch includes a latch bar configured to extend into a channel formed in the lock pin to block sliding movement of the lock pin from the locked position to the unlocked position and a latch handle configured to be moved by a user to change the pin latch between the latched position, in which the latch bar extends into the channel of the lock pin, and the unlatched position, in which the latch bar is removed from the channel and the lock pin is free to slide relative to the connector block from the locked position to the unlocked position.