Modular system for patient positioning during medical procedures
AssigneeAllen Medical Systems, Inc.
InventorsSamantha A. Weinstein, Thomas K. Skripps
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Abstract
A device 50 for supporting and positioning a part of a patient's body includes at least two joints 62, 64, 66 each having a locked state and an unlocked state and a release system for allowing an operator to select between the locked state and the unlocked state. The release system has an operator interface remote from the joints and at a location that enables the operator to support the weight of the body part while at least one of the joints is in the unlocked state.
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A device for supporting and positioning a part of a patient's body, comprising:
- at least two joints each having a locked state and an unlocked state;
- a release system for allowing an operator to select between the locked state and the unlocked state, the release system having an operator interface remote from the joints and at a location that enables the operator to support the weight of the body part while at least one of the joints is in the unlocked state;
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- a coupler for receiving an attachment feature associated with an accessory, wherein the coupler comprises a cone housing having a substantially frustoconical cavity and a pair of half jaws pivotably connected to the housing and each radially deployable and radially retractable out of the cavity.
A device for supporting and positioning a part of a patient's body, comprising:
- at least two joints each having a locked state and an unlocked state;
- a release system for allowing an operator to select between the locked state and the unlocked state, the release system having an operator interface remote from the joints and at a location that enables the operator to support the weight of the body part while at least one of the joints is in the unlocked state;
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- a lower arm extending longitudinally from a shoulder joint to an elbow joint, an upper arm extending from the elbow joint to a wrist joint, and a handle assembly extending laterally from the wrist joint,
- wherein one of the arms includes a shoulder ring circumscribing the shoulder joint, the other of the arms includes a wrist ring circumscribing the wrist joint, and either but not both of the arms includes an elbow ring circumscribing the elbow joint.
A device for supporting and positioning a part of a patient's body, comprising:
- at least two joints each having a locked state and an unlocked state;
- a release system for allowing an operator to select between the locked state and the unlocked state, the release system having an operator interface remote from the joints and at a location that enables the operator to support the weight of the body part while at least one of the joints is in the unlocked state,
- wherein the operator interface includes a left operator interface and a right operator interface, the left and right operator interfaces arranged to operate mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive subsets of deformable rings to lock and unlock corresponding joints.
A device for supporting and positioning a part of a patient's body, comprising:
- at least two joints each having a locked state and an unlocked state;
- a release system for allowing an operator to select between the locked state and the unlocked state, the release system having an operator interface remote from the joints and at a location that enables the operator to support the weight of the body part while at least one of the joints is in the unlocked state,
- wherein deformable rings circumscribe components of each of the joints, the operator interface includes a left operator interface and a right operator interface, the left and right operator interfaces arranged such that each motion transfer system can operate all the deformable rings to lock and unlock all the joints independently of the other motion transfer system.
A device for supporting and positioning a part of a patient's body, comprising:
- at least two joints each having a locked state and an unlocked state;
- a release system for allowing an operator to select between the locked state and the unlocked state, the release system having an operator interface remote from the joints and at a location that enables the operator to support the weight of the body part while at least one of the joints is in the unlocked state, and
- a mount selectively slidably engaged with a shoulder joint, the mount including a frame mount and a frame latch for securing the mount to a host device wherein the host device is an operating table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.