Surgical platform system

US12207946B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-12207946-B2
Application numberUS-202217740588-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMay 10, 2022
Priority dateMay 10, 2022
Publication dateJan 28, 2025
Grant dateJan 28, 2025

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Abstract

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A surgical platform system including a first platform portion, a second platform portion, and a support portion is provided. The support platform supports the first platform portion, and can be moveable relative to a surgical robotic system supporting the second platform portion. With the support portion and the first platform portion positioned relative to the surgical robotic system, the first platform portion supporting a first portion of the patient and the second platform portion supporting a second portion of the patient can be adjusted relative to one another to correspondingly adjust positions/orientations of the first portion and the second portion of the patient. To illustrate, using an end portion supporting the first platform portion, the first platform portion can be rotated about a vertical axis and moved side to side to adjust the position/orientation thereof relative to the second platform portion.

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We claim: 1. A surgical platform system comprising: a first platform portion and a support portion supporting the first platform portion, the support portion including a first support structure, a second support structure, and an adjustment portion, the first support structure having a first end, an opposite second end, a mid-longitudinal axis extending through the first end and the second end of the first support structure, a first end portion at the first end of the first support structure, a second end portion at the second end of the first support structure, and at least one cross member extending between the first end portion and the second end portion of the first support structure, the second end portion including a slider portion and a rotator portion supported by the slider portion, the second support structure extending upwardly from the rotator portion of the first support structure, the second support structure vertically spacing the adjustment portion apart from the first support structure, and the adjustment portion rotatably and tiltably supporting the first platform portion relative to the first support structure and the second support structure; and the first platform portion including a first end, an opposite second end, a first end portion at the first end of the first platform portion, a second end portion at the second end of the first platform portion, at least a first rail and a second rail extending between the first end portion and the second end portion of the first platform portion, a head support, and a chest support supported by the at least the first rail and the second rail of the first platform portion; and a second platform portion including a first end, an opposite second end, a first end portion at the first end of the second platform portion, a second end portion at the second end of the second platform portion, at least a first rail and a second rail extending between the first end portion and the second end portion of the second platform portion, and at least a first thigh support and a second thigh support supported by the at least the first rail and the second rail of the second platform portion; wherein the support portion is positionable relative to a robotic system, and the first end portion of the second platform portion is supported relative to the robotic system; wherein, when the support portion is positioned relative to the robotic system, the first platform portion and the second platform portion are positioned adjacent to one another and separated by a gap between the first end of the first platform portion and the second end of the second platform portion; and wherein the first platform portion is moveable side-to-side across the mid-longitudinal axis via operation of the slider portion, the first platform portion is rotatable about an axis transverse to the mid-longitudinal axis via operation of the rotator portion, and the first platform portion is at least one of tiltable upwardly/downwardly and rotatable about an axis aligned with the mid-longitudinal axis via operation of the adjustment portion in order to position/orient and reposition/orient a first portion of a patient supported by the first platform portion relative to a second portion of the patient supported by the second platform portion. 2. The surgical platform of claim 1 , wherein the second support structure is expandable and contractible between a first height and a second height to correspondingly move the first platform portion upwardly and downwardly relative to the first support structure. 3. The surgical platform of claim 1 , further comprising at least one platen supporting the head support and the chest support, the at least one platen being supported between the at least the first rail and the second rail of the first platform portion. 4. The surgical platform of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the head support, the chest support, the first thigh support, and the second thigh support are each adjustable relative to the at least the first rails and the second rails of a respective one of the first platform portion and the second platform portion to accommodate patients of different sizes. 5. The surgical platform of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment portion is configured to tilt the first end of the first platform portion upwardly and downwardly relative to the first support structure, and configured to rotate the first platform portion side-to-side relative to the first support structure. 6. The surgical platform of claim 1 , further comprising a first positioner portion attached to the first support structure and a second positioner portion attached relative to the robotic system, and engagement of the first positioner portion and the second positioner portion initially positions the support portion relative to the robotic system. 7. The surgical platform of claim 6 , wherein positioning of the first support structure relative to robotic system via positioning of the first positioner portion relative to the second positioner portion correspondingly adjusts a length of the first platform portion and the second platform portion to accommodate patients of different sizes. 8. The surgical platform of claim 1 , wherein the second platform portion is at least one of moveable upwardly/downwardly, rotatable, and tiltable by the robotic system relative to the first platform portion. 9. A surgical platform system comprising: a first platform portion and a support portion, the support portion supporting the first platform portion above and vertically spacing the first platform portion apart from the ground, the support portion including an end portion including a slider portion and a rotator portion supported by the slider portion, a vertical portion extending upwardly from the rotator portion, and an adjustment portion supported by the vertical portion, the first platform portion being rotatably and tiltably connected to the adjustment portion; and the first platform portion including a first end, an opposite second end, a first end portion at the first end of the first platform portion, a second end portion at the second end of the first platform portion, at least a first rail and a second rail extending between the first end portion and the second end portion of the first platform portion, a head support, and a chest support supported by the at least the first rail and the second rail of the first platform portion; and a second platform portion including a first end, an opposite second end, a first end portion at the first end of the second platform portion, a second end portion at the second end of the second platform portion, at least a first rail and a second rail extending between the first end portion and the second end portion of the second platform portion, and at least a first thigh support and a second thigh support supported by the at least the first rail and the second rail of the second platform portion; wherein the support portion is positionable relative to a robotic system, and the first end portion of the second platform portion is supported relative to the robotic system; wherein, when the support portion is positioned relative to the robotic system, the first platform portion and the second platform portion are positioned adjacent to one another and separated by a gap between the first end of the first platform portion and the second end of the second platform portion; and wherein the first platform portion is moveable side-to-side via operation of the slider portion, the first platform portion is rotatable about an axis transverse to the mid-longitudinal axis via operation of the rotator portion, and the first platform portion is at least one of tiltable upwardly/downwardly and rotatable via operation of

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Classifications

  • Tables · CPC title

  • Surgical robots · CPC title

  • specially adapted for back or spinal surgeries · CPC title

  • tiltable around transverse or longitudinal axis · CPC title

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

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What does patent US12207946B2 cover?
A surgical platform system including a first platform portion, a second platform portion, and a support portion is provided. The support platform supports the first platform portion, and can be moveable relative to a surgical robotic system supporting the second platform portion. With the support portion and the first platform portion positioned relative to the surgical robotic system, the firs…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Warsaw Orthopedic Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification A61B5/702. Mapped technology areas include Human Necessities.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 28 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 12 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).