Frame and method for positioning a patient undergoing hip surgery
OwnerSteven T. Woolsoninventor
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Abstract
The patient positioning frame includes a posterior support, a lateral support, and an anterior restraint. The patient positioning frame can be placed on an upper surface of a conventional surgical table with the posterior support lying horizontally and the lateral support position vertically. A patient lies supine on the lateral support and is restrained using the anterior restraint assembly. The patient and the patient support are then simultaneously turned on the table to expose the patient's hip region for subsequent hip replacement or other surgery.
Claims23
A patient positioning frame comprising:
- a posterior support;
- a lateral support attached orthogonally to the posterior support;
- and
- an anterior restraint adjustably coupled to the lateral support, wherein the anterior restraint is configured to engage the pelvis of a patient to immobilize the hip region relative to the posterior and lateral supports;
- wherein the patient lie supine with his or her back against the posterior support while the posterior support is in a horizontal position on a surgical table and, after adjusting the anterior restraint to immobilize the patient's hip region relative to the patient positioning frame, the patient and patient positioning frame can be simultaneously turned so that the lateral support lies horizontally on the surgical table and the posterior support and patient's pelvis are oriented vertically.
A method for positioning a patient for a surgical procedure, said method comprising:
- providing a patient positioning frame including a posterior support attached orthogonally to a lateral support;
- placing the posterior support of the patient positioning frame in a first orientation horizontally on an upper surface of a surgical table so that the lateral support extends vertically upwardly from the upper surface;
- securing the patient in a supine position over the posterior support with a side of the patient adjacent the lateral support while the patient positioning frame remains in the first orientation;
- and
- simultaneously turning the patient positioning frame and the patient to a second orientation with the lateral support lying horizontally on the upper surface of the surgical table and the posterior support extending vertically upwardly from the upper surface;
- wherein a side of the patient becomes exposed for surgical procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.