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US 2014/0196212 A1Published application
Patient positioning support structure
OwnerRoger P. Jacksoninventor
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Abstract
A patient support system includes independently adjustable columns supporting a hinged bending or breaking patient support structure. At least one column includes at least two sections. A coordinated drive system provides for upwardly breaking and downwardly breaking orientations of the two sections in various inclined and tilted positions.
Claims20
A surgical table comprising:
- a first vertical support and a second vertical support spaced-apart from the first vertical support;
- and
- a patient support extending between the first and second vertical supports and configured to articulate intermediate a length of the patient support and comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end,
- wherein each end of the first and second ends is operably coupled to its respective vertical support of the first and second vertical supports to:
- i) pivot in a direction transverse to the length of the patient support;
- and
- ii) both pivot relative to the respective vertical support about an axis transverse to the length of the patient support and displace relative to the respective vertical support in a direction of the length of the patient support when the patient support articulates intermediate its length.
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