US 2026/0034008 A1 · PATIENT POSITIONING SUPPORT APPARATUS WITH FAIL-SAFE CONNECTOR ATTACHMENT MECHANISM

Abstract

A patient support apparatus for supporting a patient in a prone position during a surgical procedure is provided, including an open fixed frame suspended above a floor and a pair of spaced opposed radially sliding joints cooperating with the frame, each joint including a virtual pivot point and an arc of motion spaced from the virtual pivot point, the joints being movable along the arc providing a pivot ship mechanism for a pair of pelvic pads attached to the joints. A base for supporting and suspending a patient support structure above the floor, for supporting a patient during a surgical procedure, the base including a pair of spaced opposed vertical translation subassemblies reversibly attachable to a patient support structure, a cross-bar, and a rotation subassembly having two degrees of rotational freedom; wherein a location of each vertical translation subassembly is substantially constant during operation of the patient support structure.

Claims21

Dependent claims

1-20. (canceled)

A method of using a surgical system for supporting a patient during surgery, the method comprising:

providing the surgical system, the surgical system including a surgical table and a padding system to support the patient, the surgical table including a support portion and a platform portion, the padding system including a chest-support portion and a pelvic-support portion;
spacing the platform portion from a surface that the surgical table rests upon with the support portion;
supporting the chest-support portion and the pelvic-support portion on the platform portion by positioning the chest-support portion closer to a first end of the platform portion than the pelvic support portion;
positioning the pelvic-support portion closer to an opposite second end of the platform portion than the chest-support portion;
moveably attaching the pelvic-support portion to the platform support portion by moveably attaching a pad support portion of a first pelvic-support portion of the pelvic-support portion to the platform portion adjacent a first lateral side thereof;
moveably attaching a pad support portion of a second pelvic-support portion of the pelvic-support portion to the platform portion adjacent an opposite second lateral side thereof;
during attachment of the pad support portions of the first pelvic-support portion and the second pelvic-support portion, orienting first ends of the first pelvic-support portion and the second pelvic-support portion toward the first end of the platform portion;
moving the pad support portions of the first pelvic-support portion and the second pelvic-support portion relative to the platform portion in a horizontal first direction aligned with a mid-longitudinal axis of the surgical table by moving first ends of each of the first pelvic-support portion and the second pelvic-support portion from a first position closer to the second end of the platform portion to a second position closer to the first end of the platform portion;
and
supporting portions of the patient using the chest-support portion and the pelvic-support portion by contacting a chest portion of the patient to the chest-support portion, contacting a first pelvic portion of the patient to a pad supported by the pad support portion of the first pelvic-support portion, and contacting a second pelvic portion of the patient to a pad supported by the pad support portion of the second pelvic support portion.

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A method of using a surgical system for supporting a patient during surgery, the method comprising:

providing the surgical system, the surgical system including a surgical table and a padding system to support the patient, the surgical table including a support portion and a platform portion, the padding system including a chest-support portion and a pelvic-support portion;
spacing the platform portion from a surface that the surgical table rests upon with the support portion;
supporting the chest-support portion and the pelvic-support portion on the platform portion by positioning the chest-support portion closer to a first end of the platform portion than the pelvic support portion;
positioning the pelvic-support portion closer to an opposite second end of the platform portion than the chest-support portion;
moveably attaching the chest-support portion to the platform portion by moveably attaching a first chest-support portion adjacent a first lateral side thereof;
moveably attaching a second chest-support portion adjacent an opposite second lateral side thereof;
moveably attaching the pelvic-support portion to the platform support portion by moveably attaching a pad support portion of a first pelvic-support portion of the pelvic-support portion to the platform portion adjacent the first lateral side thereof;
moveably attaching a pad support portion of a second pelvic-support portion of the pelvic-support portion to the platform portion adjacent the opposite second lateral side thereof;
moving the first chest-support portion and the second chest-support portion relative to the platform portion in a horizontal first direction aligned with a mid-longitudinal axis of the surgical table by moving first ends of each of the first chest-support portion and the second chest-support portion from a first position closer to the second end of the platform portion to a second position closer to the first end of the platform portion;
moving the pad support portions of the first pelvic-support portion and the second pelvic-support portion relative to the platform portion in the horizontal first direction by moving first ends of each of the first pelvic-support portion and the second pelvic-support portion from a first position closer to the second end of the platform portion to a second position closer to the first end of the platform portion;
supporting portions of the patient using the chest-support portion and the pelvic-support portion by contacting chest portions of the patient to a pad of the first chest-support portion and a pad of the second chest-support portion;
and
contacting pelvic portions of the patient to a pad supported by the pad support portion of the first pelvic-support portion and a second pelvic portion of the patient to a pad supported by the pad support portion of the second pelvic support portion.

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A method of using a surgical system for supporting a patient during surgery, the method comprising:

providing the surgical system, the surgical system including a surgical table and a padding system to support the patient, the surgical table including a support portion and a platform portion, the padding system including a chest-support portion and a pelvic-support portion;
spacing the platform portion from a surface that the surgical table rests upon with the support portion;
moveably attaching portions of the chest-support portion to the platform portion by moveably attaching a first chest-support portion adjacent a first lateral side thereof;
moveably attaching a second chest-support portion adjacent an opposite second lateral side thereof;
moveably attaching portions of the pelvic-support portion to the platform support portion by moveably attaching a pad support portion of a first pelvic-support portion of the pelvic-support portion to the platform portion adjacent the first lateral side thereof;
moveably attaching a pad support portion of a second pelvic-support portion of the pelvic-support portion to the platform portion adjacent the opposite second lateral side thereof;
moving the first chest-support portion and the second chest-support portion relative to the platform portion in a horizontal first direction aligned with a mid-longitudinal axis of the surgical table by moving first ends of each of the first chest-support portion and the second chest-support portion from a first position closer to the second end of the platform portion to a second position closer to the first end of the platform portion;
and
moving the pad support portions relative to the platform portion in the horizontal first direction by moving first ends of each of the first pelvic-support portion and the second pelvic-support portion from a first position closer to the second end of the platform portion to a second position closer to the first end of the platform portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/186,067Filed 22 Apr 2025

Priority

28 Aug 2013

Published

5 Feb 2026

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification33 codes

A61G 13/04
Adjustable operating tables; Controls therefor: tiltable around transverse or longitudinal axis
A61B 5/4836
Other medical applications: diagnosis combined with treatment in closed-loop systems or methods
A61B 5/704
Means for positioning the patient in relation to the detecting, measuring or recording means: tables
A61B 5/7425
Using visual displays: displaying combinations of multiple images regardless of image source, e.g. displaying a reference anatomical image with a…

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