US 6,049,927 A · Surface pad system for a surgical table

Abstract

A surface pad apparatus for a surgical table includes a body pad section positioned to lie beneath the torso of the patient and including a pad core and a cover defining an interior region configured to receive the pad core. The pad core includes a thermal pad having a casing defining a channel configured to receive a thermoregulation fluid. The apparatus also includes a leg pad section longitudinally spaced apart from the body pad section and positioned to lie beneath the lower legs and feet of the patient. The leg pad section is coupled to the body pad section and includes a pad core and a cover defining an interior region configured to receive the pad core. The pad core includes a thermal pad having a casing defining a channel configured to receive the thermoregulation fluid. The channel of the thermal pad of the leg pad section is in fluid communication with the channel of the thermal pad of the body pad section so that thermoregulation fluid can pass therebetween.

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Dependent claims

A surface pad apparatus for a surgical table, the surface pad apparatus comprising:

a body pad section positioned to lie beneath the torso of the patient and including a pad core and a cover defining an interior region configured to receive the pad core, the pad core including a thermal pad having a casing defining a channel configured to receive a thermoregulation fluid, and
a leg pad section longitudinally spaced apart from the body pad section and positioned to lie beneath the lower legs and feet of the patient, the leg pad section being coupled to the body pad section and including a pad core and a cover defining an interior region configured to receive the pad core, the pad core including a thermal pad having a casing defining a channel configured to receive the thermoregulation fluid, the channel of the thermal pad of the leg pad section being in fluid communication with the channel of the thermal pad of the body pad section so that thermoregulation fluid can pass therebetween.

A control apparatus for use with a surface pad apparatus for a surgical table, the control apparatus comprising:

a keypad configured to provide a user temperature input signal, a user vacuum input signal, and a user bladder input signal in response to user inputs;
a heat exchanger configured to maintain a temperature of a thermoregulation fluid at a predetermined temperature in response to a heat exchanger output signal;
a vacuum source configured to evacuate air from and replace air into a chamber in fluid communication with the vacuum source in response to a vacuum output signal;
a pressurized fluid source configured to provide pressurized fluid to and evacuate pressurized fluid from a bladder in fluid communication with the pressurized fluid source in response to a pressurized fluid output signal;
and
a controller coupled to the keypad, the heat exchanger, the vacuum source, and the pressurized fluid source, the controller being configured to generate the heat exchanger output signal in response to the user temperature input signal, to generate the vacuum output signal in response to the user vacuum input signal, and to generate the pressurized fluid output signal in response to the user bladder input signal.

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Surface pad system for a surgical table

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Surface pad system for a surgical table

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Abstract

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