# US 2026/0090940 A1 · Tilting system for an operating table

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- Number: US 2026/0090940 A1
- Document ID: US20260090940A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 19/339,691
- Filed: 2025-09-25
- Published: 2026-04-02
- Earliest claimed: 2024-09-30
- Applicants: Baxter Medical Systems GmbH + Co. KG
- Inventors: Andreas Zapf; Norman Töpel
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260090940A1

## CPC

- A61G 13/04: tiltable around transverse or longitudinal axis
- A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00)

## Abstract

A tilting system for an operating table includes a frame for supporting a support surface for a patient and a tilting mechanism. The tilting mechanism is coupled to the frame. The tilting mechanism is configured to rotate the frame about a dynamic pivot point. The dynamic pivot point follows a predetermined path.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A tilting system for an operating table comprising:
a frame for supporting a support surface for a patient; and
a tilting mechanism, coupled to the frame, configured to rotate the frame about a dynamic pivot point,
wherein, the dynamic pivot point follows a predetermined path.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The tilting system according to claim 1, wherein the tilting mechanism is configured to rotate the frame about a longitudinal axis of an operating table.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The tilting system according to claim 1, wherein the tilting mechanism is further configured to displace the frame, transversely to the longitudinal axis of an operating table, while it rotates about the dynamic pivot point.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The tilting system according to claim 1, wherein the dynamic pivot point is displaced from the frame in a direction of the tilting mechanism.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The tilting system according to claim 1, the tilting mechanism further comprising:
a chassis, for coupling the tilting system to a pedestal of an operating table;
at least one link set, the link set comprising at least one link pivotably coupled at a first end to the chassis and at a second end to the frame.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The tilting system according to claim 5, the tilting mechanism comprising a first link set disposed on a first lateral side of the tilting mechanism and a second link set disposed on a second lateral side of the tilting mechanism.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The tilting system according to claim 5, the at least one link set comprising two links, each link pivotably coupled at a first end to the chassis and at a second end to the frame.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The tilting system according to claim 5, further comprising a carrier pivotably coupled to the chassis, the carrier configured to support a shaft coupled, adjacent each end, to the frame, the shaft configured to move linearly, relative to the carrier, along a transverse axis of the frame while the frame rotates about the dynamic pivot point.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The tilting system according to claim 8, wherein the carrier and the shaft are configured to form a linear actuator.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The tilting system according to claim 9, wherein the carrier is configured such that the distance between the linear actuator and the top surface of the frame remains substantially constant during rotation.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The tilting system according to claim 9, further comprising a motor coupled to the frame, wherein the motor is configured to drive the linear actuator.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The tilting system according to claim 1, wherein the tilting mechanism comprises six linear actuators, each linear actuator coupled at a first end to a base and at a second end to the frame.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The tilting system according to claim 12, further comprising a controller configured to control the six linear actuators to rotate the frame about the dynamic pivot point.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

An operating table comprising:
a tilting system according to claim 1; and
a support surface for a patient coupled to the frame.

### Claim 15

A method of controlling an operating table, the method comprising rotating a support surface for a patient about a dynamic pivot point, wherein the dynamic pivot point follows a predetermined path.