Positioning device for use in surgical procedures
AssigneeThe General Hospital Corporation
InventorsJaydev Sarma, Shahin Tabatabaei, Thomas Stanley Halliday
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Abstract
A device to position a patient in a selected body position, such as a Trendelenburg or flexed position, on an operating table. The device includes a board, shoulder supports removably coupled to and extending substantially perpendicular from the board, and a cushioning mat positioned to lie between the patient and the board and the shoulder supports when the patient is placed on the device. A locking mechanism removably couples the shoulder supports to the board to allow the cushioning mat to lie flat when the shoulder supports are decoupled from the board and thereby selectively provide access to a neck and shoulders of the patient when the patient is placed on the device.
Claims15
A device to position a patient in a selected body position on an operating table, the device comprising:
- a board configured to be placed on and move freely relative to the operating table and sized to support at least the patient's back when the patient is placed on the device;
- shoulder supports engaging the board and extending substantially perpendicular from the board;
- a cushioning mat positioned over the board and the shoulder supports so that the cushioning mat is configured to lie between the patient and the board and the shoulder supports when the patient is placed on the device;
- a locking mechanism removably coupling the shoulder supports to the board to allow the cushioning mat to lie substantially flat when the shoulder supports are decoupled from the board and thereby configured to provide access to a neck and shoulders of the patient when the patient is placed on the device;
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- a coupling mechanism including a rod coupled to each of the shoulder supports and a clamp engaging each rod and configured to be coupled to the operating table, the coupling mechanism configured to removably affix the shoulder supports to the operating table as the operating table is rotated about a range of incline and decline positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.