Head support for person lying in prone position
OwnerByron V. Hartunianinventor
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Abstract
A head support means is provided for supporting a person's head while lying in the prone position. The support means provides support of the patient's head at the chin and forehead. A side opening provides means for an anesthetist to view a patient's face and for passage of endotracheal or other tubes and various probes that might be used during surgery.
Claims16
Means for supporting a person's head by supporting the person's forehead and chin while such person is lying in a face-down position, said means comprising a cubic-shaped body member of resiliently compressible material defined by parallel, spaced-apart, planar top and bottom surfaces, parallel, spaced-apart, planar front and back end walls, and parallel, spaced-apart, side walls, an opening in said body member extending inwardly from the top surface and terminating in a plane defined by the planar bottom surface, a first arcuate-shaped cavity of predetermined size being provided in the top surface centrally disposed and extending between the parallel side walls adjacent the back end wall for supporting the person's forehead, a second arcuate-shaped cavity being provided in the top surface centrally disposed and extending between the parallel side walls adjacent the front end wall for supporting the person's chin, an opening being provided in each of the side walls, and extending therethrough, one of said side wall openings extending from the top surface of the body member to the bottom surface of the body member whereby an opening of sufficient size is provided so that the person's face whose head is being supported is ready visible.
Means suitable for supporting a person's head during a surgical procedure while such a person is lying in the prone position comprising a body member of a resiliently compressible material and defined by parallel, spaced-apart top and bottom surfaces, and an outer peripheral surface, a first arcuate-shaped cavity of predetermined size being provided in the top surface of the body member for support the person's forehead, a second arcuate-shaped cavity of predetermined size being provided in the top surface for supporting the person's chin and in spaced-apart direct opposition to said first arcuate-shaped cavity, an opening being provided in said body member extending inwardly from the top surface and terminating in the bottom surface, said opening being located between the arcuate-shaped cavities and defining an inner peripheral surface in the body member, the opening being of a dimension whereby only the person's chin and forehead are supported by the body member and the person's cheeks and eyes are not in contact with the body member, and a second opening is provided in the body member which is defined by the top and bottom surfaces and the inner and outer peripheral surfaces whereby the person's face whose head is being supported is readily visible during the surgical procedure.
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