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US 5,494,048 AGranted
Anesthetist's pylon
OwnerEdward Cardeninventor
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Abstract
A chin support holds an anesthetized patient's head in the proper position during surgery so that the unconscious patient's airway is held open. A pylon attaches to and extends up from the side of an operating table. A tether attaches to the top of the pylon and extends around the patient's chin to keep the patient's head tilted during surgery. The pylon is held in place against the operating table by the tension on the tether when the chin support is in use.
Claims13
A pylon connectible to a selected structural feature at a perimeter of a surgical operating table, the pylon comprising
- an elongate, substantially rigid pylon member having upper and lower ends, the pylon member having at its lower end mounting means releasably cooperable with the table perimeter feature for holding the pylon member on the table in a substantially vertical attitude in which the pylon member is constrained from rotation toward the table, the mounting means including adjustment means operable for controlled rotation of the pylon member away from the table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.