Universal hand surgery table
OwnerElliot L. Amesinventor
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Abstract
A hand surgery table has a top for supporting a patient's arm during hand surgery. A concave end of the hand surgery-table accommodates the attending surgeon's torso so that the attending surgeon may sit comfortably. A tongue-shaped end portion extends from the end opposite the concave end for securing the hand surgery table to a conventional operating table where the patient may lie and rest his or her forearm on the hand surgery table top. Elbow support structures are attached to respective sides of the hand surgery table and have convex peripheries for the attending surgeon and the nurse assistant to rest their elbows and forearms. The elbow support structures are retractable to the underside of the table and are moveable longitudinally along the hand surgery table.
Claims7
A hand surgical table, comprising:
- 1. a top for supporting a patient's arm during hand surgery;
- 2. a concave end of the surgical table for accommodating an attendant's torso;
- 3. a tongue-shaped end portion extending from the end opposite from the concave end for attaching the surgical table to a conventional operating table where the patient may lie and rest his forearm on the hand surgical table top;
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- 4. elbow support structures attached along respective sides of the hand surgical table for movement therethrough in the longitudinal direction having curved peripheries in an operating position at which said support structures having a peripheral portion which is flush with said top of the table, permitting an attendant to sit comfortably at a side of the hand surgical table with the attendant's torso contacting an inside of the curved peripheries and the attendant's elbows supported by the curved peripheries, including means for retracting the elbow support to the underside of the hand surgical table.
A surgical table, comprising:
- 1. means for supporting a patient's arm during hand surgery;
- 2. means for attaching the surgical table to a conventional operating table where the patient may lie and rest his forearm on a table top;
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- 3. means for supporting an attendant's elbows during hand surgery which are moveable longitudinally along the table and retractable to an underside of the surgical table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.