Lateral-to-prone spine surgery table

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10792207-B2
Application number	US-202016740838-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 13, 2020
Priority date	Oct 23, 2015
Publication date	Oct 6, 2020
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020

Abstract

According to the present disclosure, a patient support system includes patient support tops for accommodating various body positions of a patient occupying the patient support tops. The patient support system may include various features to accommodate patient body positioning to facilitate surgical access.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A surgical patient support system, comprising:
a tower base including a pair of spaced apart support towers,
a lateral support top having a head end and a foot end, the lateral support top being configured to support a patient lying in at least lateral and supine positions,
a pair of support brackets, each support bracket of the pair of support brackets being configured for connection to a respective one of the support towers and each including a pair of bracket rails extending in a first direction to a connection end and a prone bracket coupled to one of the bracket rails and extending generally perpendicularly to the first direction, and
a prone support top coupled to the pair of support brackets and arranged generally perpendicularly to the lateral support top and being configured to support a patient in at least a prone position,
wherein each of the pair of support brackets are configured to couple to a respective one of the head and foot ends of the lateral support top and the prone support top to support the lateral support top and the prone support top between the support towers.

2. The surgical patient support system of claim 1 , wherein the bracket rails of each support bracket are attached to opposite ends of a connection bar of the respective tower base.

3. The surgical patient support system of claim 2 , wherein each connection bar is attached to an elevator tower of the respective tower base by a mounting post and the respective support bracket defines a first distance between the mounting post and the connection end of each of the bracket rails.

4. The surgical patient support system of claim 3 , wherein each prone bracket extends from the respective support bracket to a prone connection end and defines a second distance between the mounting post and the prone connection end, the second distance being greater than the first distance.

5. The surgical patient support system of claim 1 , wherein the bracket rails of the support bracket each include a connection slot defined therein proximate to the respective connection end.

6. The surgical patient support system of claim 5 , wherein each connection slot comprises a recess defined on an interior side of the respective bracket rail that extends between the connection end and an attachment hole of the respective bracket rail generally in the same direction of extension as the respective bracket rail to receive a pin tube of the lateral patient support therein in alignment with each attachment hole of the respective support bracket.

7. The surgical patient support system of claim 6 , wherein a pin tube of the lateral patient support top is blocked against resting within the connections slots of the support brackets without a connection pin inserted through each of the attachment holes and the pin tube.

8. The surgical patient support system of claim 1 , wherein each prone bracket includes a body and a pair of bracket rails extending from the body in spaced apart relation to each other for connection with one of the bracket rails of the support bracket.

9. The surgical patient support system of claim 8 , wherein the prone bracket includes a pair of legs extending between the body and the prone connection end.

10. The surgical patient support system of claim 1 , wherein each bracket rail of the support bracket includes a shelf for connection with the prone bracket, the shelf includes a first surface facing in a first direction and a second surface facing in a second direction opposite the first direction.

11. The surgical patient support system of claim 1 , wherein the lateral support top includes a deck having a torso section and a leg section, and a mattress pad slidingly attached to the deck, the leg section of the deck being selectively movable between raised and lowered positions.

12. The surgical patient support system of claim 11 , wherein the mattress pad includes a number of pegs attached to a bottom surface thereof, the number of pegs each including a stem extending from the bottom surface and a head attached to an end of the stem, the stem having a width defined along a direction perpendicular to its extension that it less than a maximum width of the head measured along the same direction.

13. The surgical patient support system of claim 12 , wherein the torso deck includes a number of key slots penetrating through the torso deck and each defined to include an opening and a slit extending for a length from the opening for slidably receiving the pegs therein, and wherein each opening is sized to allow the head to pass therethrough, and wherein each slit is sized to allow the stem to pass therethrough and to slidably move along its length and is sized to prevent the head from passing therethrough.

14. The surgical patient support system of claim 1 , wherein the head end and the foot end of the lateral support top are coupled to the pair of bracket rails of the pair of support brackets by a first pin and a second pin, respectively, that each extend substantially perpendicular with the bracket rails of the pair of support brackets and wherein the prone support top is coupled to the prone brackets of the pair of support brackets by a third pin and a fourth pin, respectively, that each extend in substantially parallel with the bracket rails of the pair of support brackets.

15. The surgical patient support system of claim 14 , wherein the prone brackets of the pair of support brackets are coupled to the a first bracket rail of the pair of bracket rails by a fifth pin and a sixth pin, respectively, that extend substantially parallel with the third pin and the fourth pin, respectively.

16. The surgical patient support system of claim 15 , wherein the prone brackets are detachable from the respective first bracket rail of the pair of bracket rails after removal of the fifth and sixth pins, and are attachable to the second bracket rail of the pair of bracket rails using the fifth and sixth pins.

17. The surgical patient support system of claim 1 , wherein the prone bracket is selectively attachable to the pair of bracket rails so as to be located on a first side or a second side of the support bracket.

18. The surgical patient support system of claim 1 , further comprising a transfer sheet having an H-shape configured to shift a patient lying in the lateral position on the lateral support top laterally across the lateral support top into contact with the prone support top and to secure the patient to the pone support top for rotation between lateral and prone positions.

19. The surgical patient support system of claim 18 , wherein the transfer sheet includes transfer straps and fasteners arranged on an outer surface thereof to secure the patient to the prone support top to provide a cocooning effect.

20. The surgical patient support system of claim 1 , further comprising an axilla support pad configured to provide support to a patient's axilla, the axilla support pad including a rotatable pad extending laterally across the lateral support top.

Assignees

• Allen Medical Systems Inc

Inventors

• Hight Joshua C
• Dubois Christopher B
• Marrion Jeffrey C
• Hertz Ben
• Drake Jesse S
• Williams Joshua A
• Sennett Andrew
• Mckenney Kyle S
• Bernotsky Jason S

Classifications

• A61G13/1235

  Arms · CPC title

• A61G13/06

  raising or lowering of the whole table surface (A61G13/04 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61G13/1295

  having alignment devices for the patient's body · CPC title

• A61G13/04 Primary

  tiltable around transverse or longitudinal axis · CPC title

• A61G13/1285

  having modular surface parts, e.g. being replaceable or turnable · CPC title