Method of securing a patient onto an operating table when the patient is in the trendelenburg position and apparatus therefor including a kit
OwnerAlessio Pigazzi, Glenn Keilarinventors
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Abstract
A method of securing a patient onto an operating table when the patient is in the Trendelenburg position and apparatus therefor including a kit. A viscoelastic pad is used to support and hold a patient on a medical procedure table during a medical procedure performed while the table, and thus the patient lying thereon, is in an inclined position, such as the Trendelenburg position. The viscoelastic pad has characteristics which promote a minimization of pressure forces on the patient's body, as well as promote a secure cushioning and holding of the patient in a desired position on the table, in order to minimize injury to the patient.
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A method of minimizing injuries caused by pressure on portions of a body of a patient in a Trendelenburg position on a surgical operating table, and minimizing unwanted movement of a patient in the Trendelenburg position on a surgical operating table by securing a patient to the surgical operating table, and also minimizing contamination in an operating room, by using a single-use Trendelenburg patient support system comprising:
- a lift sheet configured to lift and position a patient on a surgical operating table, body straps configured to hold a patient down on a surgical operating table, a single-use, viscoelastic Trendelenburg pad comprising a rectangular shape and viscoelastic polyurethane, and securing straps welded to said single-use, viscoelastic Trendelenburg pad, which said securing straps are configured to secure said single-use, viscoelastic Trendelenburg pad to rails of a surgical operating table,
- said method comprising the steps of:
- A) placing a longitudinal edge of said single-use, viscoelastic Trendelenburg pad adjacent and in alignment with a longitudinal edge of a surgical operating table having surgical operating table rails;
- B) placing a latitudinal edge of said single-use, viscoelastic Trendelenburg pad adjacent and in alignment with a latitudinal edge of said surgical operating table, and thus positioning said single-use, viscoelastic Trendelenburg pad in a position on said surgical operating table where the body of a patient will be lying;
- C) positioning said securing straps, extending from longitudinal edges of said single-use, viscoelastic Trendelenburg pad, to extend down and away from said single-use, viscoelastic Trendelenburg pad;
- D) attaching said securing straps to said surgical operating table rails;
- E) laying said lift sheet over said single-use, viscoelastic Trendelenburg pad;
- F) laying a patient in a supine position on said lift sheet and said single-use, viscoelastic Trendelenburg pad by positioning said patient so that the shoulders of said patient do not extend past edges of said single-use, viscoelastic Trendelenburg pad, and thereby deforming said single-use, viscoelastic Trendelenburg pad, which said single-use, viscoelastic Trendelenburg pad comprises:
- sufficient thickness and viscosity to sufficiently cushion the body of said patient to at least one of:
- minimize bottoming out and prevent bottoming out, on said medical procedure table, of one or more of the portions of the body of said patient during positioning of said patient and during a surgical procedure, and to minimize injuries from pressure during a surgical procedure performed while a patient is in lithotomy and Trendelenburg positions, and
- sufficient compliance to conform to a substantial portion of the body of said patient;
- G) lifting said lift sheet and thereby lifting said patient up and off said single-use, viscoelastic Trendelenburg pad to reposition said patient as or if needed;
- H) positioning the arms of said patient as or if needed;
- I) attaching said body straps around said patient and said surgical operating table;
- J) positioning the legs of said patient in a lithotomy position;
- K) adjusting the angle of inclination of said surgical operating table to orient said patient at an angle in a Trendelenburg position in which the head of said patient is disposed below the body of said patient, or in which the head of said patient is disposed above the body of said patient, or in which the right side of a patient is disposed above the left side or vice versa, or a combination of any of these positions;
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- L) assisting in substantially holding the body of said patient on said surgical operating table in said lithotomy and Trendelenburg positions using said single-use, viscoelastic Trendelenburg pad, which said single-use, viscoelastic Trendelenburg pad comprises:
- sufficient thinness to stabilize said patient on said surgical operating table upon said patient being in said lithotomy and Trendelenburg positions, and
- sufficient thickness and sufficient compliance to permit formation of a cavity in said single-use, viscoelastic Trendelenburg pad of a depth sufficient to at least one of:
- assist in holding said patient on said surgical operating table, and assist in minimizing undesired movement of the body of said patient on said surgical operating table, during a surgical procedure performed while said patient is in said lithotomy and Trendelenburg positions.
A method of minimizing injuries caused by pressure on portions of a body of a patient and minimizing unwanted movement of a patient upon securing a patient to a medical procedure table, such as a surgical operating table or a patient examination table, and upon placing said medical procedure table in an inclined position, using a patient support system comprising a viscoelastic pad and securing straps, said method comprising the steps of:
- A) positioning said viscoelastic pad in a position on said medical procedure table where the body of a patient will be lying;
- B) attaching said securing straps, connected to said viscoelastic pad, to said medical procedure table;
- C) positioning a patient on said viscoelastic pad and thereby deforming said viscoelastic pad, which said viscoelastic pad comprises:
- sufficient thickness and viscosity to sufficiently cushion the body of said patient to at least one of:
- minimize bottoming out and prevent bottoming out, on said medical procedure table, of one or more of the portions of the body of said patient during positioning of said patient and during a medical procedure, and to minimize injuries from pressure during a medical procedure, and
- sufficient compliance to conform to a substantial portion of the body of said patient;
- D) adjusting the angle of inclination of said medical procedure table to orient said patient at an angle in an inclined position, in which the head of said patient is disposed below the body of said patient, or in which the head of said patient is disposed above the body of said patient, or in which the right side of a patient is disposed above the left side or vice versa, or a combination of any of these positions;
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- E) assisting in substantially holding the body of said patient on said medical procedure table using said viscoelastic pad, of which said viscoelastic pad comprises:
- sufficient thinness to stabilize said patient on said medical procedure table upon said patient being in said inclined position, and
- sufficient thickness and sufficient compliance to permit formation of a cavity in said viscoelastic pad of a depth sufficient to at least one of:
- assist in holding a patient on a medical procedure table, and assist in minimizing undesired movement of the body of a patient on a medical procedure table, during a medical procedure performed while a patient is in an inclined position.
A method of minimizing injuries caused by pressure on portions of a body of a patient and minimizing unwanted movement of said patient upon said patient being on a medical procedure table, such as a surgical operating table or a patient examination table, and upon placing said medical procedure table in an inclined, Trendelenburg position, using a patient support system comprising a viscoelastic pad, said method comprising the steps of:
- A) positioning said viscoelastic pad in a position on said medical procedure table where the body of said patient will be lying;
- B) positioning said patient on said viscoelastic pad and thereby deforming said viscoelastic pad, which said viscoelastic pad comprises:
- sufficient thickness and viscosity to sufficiently cushion the body of said patient to at least one of:
- minimize bottoming out and prevent bottoming out, on said medical procedure table, of one or more of the portions of the body of said patient during positioning of said patient and during a medical procedure, and to minimize injuries from pressure during a medical procedure;
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- sufficient compliance to conform to a substantial portion of the body of said patient;
- C) adjusting the angle of inclination of said medical procedure table to orient said patient at an angle in said inclined, Trendelenburg position, in which the head of said patient is disposed below the body of said patient, or in which the head of said patient is disposed above the body of said patient, or in which the right side of said patient is disposed above the left side or vice versa, or a combination of any of these positions;
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- D) assisting in substantially holding the body of said patient on said medical procedure table using said viscoelastic pad, of which said viscoelastic pad comprises:
- sufficient thinness to stabilize said patient on said medical procedure table upon said patient being in said inclined, Trendelenburg position;
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- sufficient thickness and sufficient compliance to permit formation of a cavity in said viscoelastic pad of a depth sufficient to at least one of:
- assist in holding said patient on said medical procedure table, and assist in minimizing undesired movement of the body of said patient on said medical procedure table, during a medical procedure performed while said patient is in said inclined, Trendelenburg position.
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