Prone patient apparatus
AssigneeHill-Rom, Inc.
InventorsDana H. Delk, Barry D. Hand
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Abstract
A prone patient apparatus for engaging the front of a body of a patient comprising a unitary support board having a longitudinal medial axis; a first aperture opening extending through the board and on the medial axis sized to receive a face of the patient; a second aperture opening extending through the board and spaced from the first aperture along the medial axis to expose an abdomen of the patient when the head is in the first aperture; and a third aperture opening extending through the board and spaced from the second aperture along the medial axis to expose a groan of the patient when the head is in the first aperture.
Claims20
A prone patient apparatus for engaging the front of a body of a patient comprising:
- a unitary support board having a longitudinal medial axis;
- a first aperture opening extending through the board and on the medial axis sized to receive a face of the patient therein;
- a second aperture opening extending through the board and spaced from the first aperture along the medial axis to expose an abdomen of the patient when the head is in the first aperture;
- a third aperture opening extending through the board and spaced from the second aperture along the medial axis to expose a groin of the patient when the head is in the first aperture;
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- a plurality of cushions coupled to a patient surface of the board.
A prone patient apparatus for engaging a front of a body of a patient comprising:
- a support board having a longitudinal medial axis;
- a first tear drop shaped aperture opening extending through the board and on the medial axis sized to receive a face of the patient;
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- a second triangular aperture opening extending through the board and spaced from the first aperture along the medial axis to expose an abdomen of the patient when the head is in the first apertures;
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- a plurality of cushions adjustably affixed to different positions on a patient surface of the board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.