Head stabilization system with adjustable-fill pads and method of use
AssigneeBlack Forest Medical GmbH
InventorMatthias E. Schuele
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Abstract
Exemplary head stabilization devices or head fixation devices (HFDs) include lateral head supports for providing lateral support to the head of the patient. The lateral head supports include a pad with a fillable chamber where the fill amount of the material within the chamber can be adjusted or changed. This allows the pressure the lateral head supports apply to the head of the patient to be changed as desired. The material used within the pad chamber can be of any suitable type, including a gel, a liquid, a gas, a solid, and combinations of these materials.
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A medical device for supporting and stabilizing a head of a patient during a medical procedure, wherein the medical device is configured to connect with an operating table directly or indirectly via one or more intermediate structures, wherein the medical device comprises:
- (a) a pair of extension bars that each have an upright portion and a base portion, wherein the base portions are translationally movable relative to one another to adjust a width between the upright portions;
- (b) two or more lateral head supports, wherein each of the two or more lateral head supports is configured to provide lateral support to a temporal region of the head of the patient, wherein the two or more lateral head supports connect with a respective one of the upright portions;
- (c) two or more pads configured to contact opposing temporal regions of the head of the patient, wherein each of the two or more pads is connectable with a respective one of the two or more lateral head supports, wherein each of the two or more pads comprises a chamber configured to selectively retain a fill material, wherein the chamber is further configured to be adjustably fillable with the fill material to change an amount of the fill material within the chamber;
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- (d) a connection member that fluidly connects the chamber of each of the two or more pads with each other to allow fluid to flow unimpeded between the chamber of each of the two or more pads, wherein the connection member is configured to connect with a pump to transfer the fill material to or from the two or more pads, wherein the fill material amount within each chamber of the two or more pads is adjustable in unison via the connection member.
A medical device for supporting and stabilizing a head of a patient during a medical procedure, wherein the medical device is configured to connect with an operating table directly or indirectly via one or more intermediate structures, wherein the medical device comprises:
- (a) a pair of extension bars that each have an upright portion and a base portion, wherein the base portions are translationally movable relative to one another to adjust a width between the upright portions;
- (b) two or more lateral head supports, wherein each of the two or more lateral head supports is configured to provide lateral support to a temporal region of the head of the patient, wherein the two or more lateral head supports connect with a respective one of the upright portions;
- (c) two or more pads configured to contact opposing temporal regions of the head of the patient, wherein each of the two or more pads is connectable with a respective one of the two or more lateral head supports, wherein each of the two or more pads comprises a first chamber configured to receive a first fill material;
- (d) a central head support configured to provide subjacent support to the head of the patient;
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- (e) a cushion connectable with the central head support, wherein the cushion is configured to contact the head of the patient, wherein the cushion comprises multiple chambers, wherein each chamber of the multiple chambers is configured to receive a second fill material, wherein the multiple chambers comprise a second and third chamber fluidly connected with each other to allow fluid to flow unimpeded between the second and third chambers such that the amount of respective second fill material within each of the second and third chambers is adjustable in unison, wherein the multiple chambers further comprise a fourth chamber independently adjustable in the amount of respective second fill material relative to the second and third chambers.
A medical device for supporting and stabilizing a head of a patient during a medical procedure, wherein the medical device is configured to connect with an operating table directly or indirectly via one or more intermediate structures, wherein the medical device comprises:
- (a) a pair of extension bars that each have an upright portion and a base portion, wherein the base portions are translationally movable relative to one another to adjust a width between the upright portions;
- (b) two or more lateral head supports, wherein each of the two or more lateral head supports is configured to provide lateral support to a temporal region of the head of the patient, wherein the two or more lateral head supports connect with a respective one of the upright portions;
- (c) two or more pads configured to contact opposing temporal regions of the head of the patient, wherein each of the two or more pads is connectable with a respective one of the two or more lateral head supports, wherein each of the two or more pads comprises a first chamber configured to receive a first fill material;
- (d) a connection member that fluidly connects the first chamber of each of the two or more pads with each other to allow fluid to flow unimpeded between the first chamber of each of the two or more pads, wherein the first fill material amount within each first chamber of the two or more pads is adjustable in unison via the connection member;
- (e) a central head support configured to provide subjacent support to the head of the patient;
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- (f) a cushion connectable with the central head support, wherein the cushion is configured to contact the head of the patient, wherein the cushion comprises multiple chambers configured to receive a select one or more of the first fill material, a second fill material, and combinations thereof, wherein each of the multiple chambers of the cushion are each independently adjustable in the amount of respective fill material they contain.
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