Prone support apparatus for spinal procedures
OwnerArthur S. Hernandez, Maria Christina G. Herrerainventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a patient support device specifically designed to facilitate punctures and injections into the cervical (neck) or lumbar spine (lower back). The cushion support device provided by this invention has a raised V-shaped support cushion surface and a raised and rounded transverse cushion at one end for supporting a patient reposing therein in a facedown (prone) position and resisting lateral movement or rotation by that patient and reducing the lordosis (natural inward curve) of the lumbar spine or alternatively maximizing the flexion of the cervical spine.
Claims10
A cushion support for supporting a patient in a generally prone position comprising a raised upper support surface having a lengthwise recess and a raised support portion extending laterally along one end of the cushion support for comfortably supporting a patient for treatment by positioning and maintaining a patient's spine in an optimal position, said cushion support further including a bottom surface adapted to conform generally to an upper surface of a patient support table, wherein
- the lengthwise recess has a generally V-shaped cross section;
- the upper surface is adapted to generally support a patient's torso, and wherein the raised portion has a generally hemicylindrical shape adapted to raise a patient's pelvis;
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- the cushion further includes a board attached to the bottom surface of the cushion, said board having fasteners for securing the cushion to an operating room table.
An apparatus for supporting a surgical patient, comprising:
- a first base block having a bottom face, a first trapezoidal end face, a second trapezoidal end face, a sloped top face including a distal end and a proximate end, an outer side face, and an inner side face;
- a second base block having a bottom face, a first trapezoidal end face, a second trapezoidal end face, a sloped top face including a distal end and a proximate end, an outer side face, and an inner side face;
- a generally triangular third block having a first rectangular sloped face, a second rectangular sloped face, a rectangular top face, a first triangular end face, and a second triangular end face;
- an elongated fourth block having a rounded top face, a rectangular bottom face, a first semicircular end face, and a second semicircular end face;
- wherein the inner side face of the first base block is facially mated to and contiguous with the inner side face of the second base block;
- wherein the first slanted face of the third block is facially mated to the proximate end of the sloped top face of the first block;
- wherein the second slanted face of the third block is facially mated to the proximate end of the top face of the second block;
- wherein the bottom face of the fourth block is facially mated to and contiguous with the top face of the third block;
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- wherein the distal end of the first block's top face and the distal end of the second block's top face define a upper surface with a V-shaped cross section adapted for supporting a patient in a generally prone position and resisting lateral movement of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.