Surgery table apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9414982-B2
Application number	US-201615005493-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 25, 2016
Priority date	Oct 22, 2007
Publication date	Aug 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016

Abstract

A surgery table utilizing first and second sections which are hingedly attached to one another. First and second sections are also connected to supports apart from the hinged portion. An elevator moves one of the sections upwardly and downwardly at the support. The resultant position of the frame formed by the first and second sections may take the configuration of a flat surface or an upwardly or downwardly oriented “vee”.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A surgical table for supporting a patient having a torso region above a floor during a medical procedure, the apparatus comprising:
a patient support structure configured to support the patient during the medical procedure and comprising first and second sections that are inwardly coupled by a hinge and outwardly supported by respective first and second supports; and
a chest platform configured to support the torso region of the patient, the chest platform being in sliding relation with the second section and coupled with the hinge through a motivating mechanism such that articulation of the first and second sections about the hinge into a flexed position causes the chest platform to move towards the hinge so as to increasingly position the patient in flexion.

2. The table of claim 1 , further comprising hip supports positioned on the first section of the patient support structure.

3. The table of claim 1 , wherein the hinge comprises a pair of spaced apart hinges.

4. The table of claim 1 , wherein the patient support structure comprises only a single pair of spaced apart hinges between outer ends of the of the patient support structure.

5. The table of claim 1 , wherein the first and second sections are open frame sections.

6. The table of claim 1 , wherein the motivating mechanism causes the chest platform to move during the articulation.

7. The table of claim 1 , wherein the motivating mechanism prevents free moving of the chest platform.

8. The table of claim 1 , wherein the flexed position defines an angle under the first and second section of less than one hundred eighty degrees.

9. A surgical table for supporting a patient having a torso region above a floor during a medical procedure, the apparatus comprising:
a patient support structure consisting of first and second open frame sections and a hinge, the first and second frame sections coupled at outer ends to supports and coupled at inner ends to the hinge;
a chest platform slidingly engaged with the first open frame section and configured for receiving the torso region of the patient, wherein the chest platform is prevented from freely moving on the first open frame section by a motivating mechanism that is configured to move the chest platform towards the hinge when the first and second frame sections articulate about the hinge.

10. The table of claim 9 , wherein the motivating mechanism is configured to move the chest platform towards the hinge when the first and second frame sections articulate about the hinge so as to increasingly position the patient in flexion.

11. The table of claim 10 , wherein, when the patient is positioned in flexion, the first and second open frame sections define an upside-down vee with the hinges at an apex of the upside-down vee.

12. The table of claim 10 , wherein, when the patient is positioned in flexion, an angle less than about one hundred eighty degrees is defined on an underside of the first and second open frame sections.

13. The table of claim 9 , wherein the motivating mechanism is configured to move the chest platform towards the hinge when the first and second frame sections articulate about the hinge so as to increasingly position the first and second open frame sections in flexion.

14. The table of claim 9 , wherein the hinge comprises a pair of spaced apart hinges.

15. A surgical table for supporting a patient having a torso region above a floor during a medical procedure, the apparatus comprising:
a patient support structure configured to support the patient during the medical procedure and comprising first and second sections that are inwardly coupled by a hinge and outwardly supported by respective first and second supports; and
a chest platform configured to support the torso region of the patient, the chest platform being in slidable relation with the second section and cooperating with the hinge through a motivating mechanism such that articulation of the first and second sections about the hinge causes the chest platform to move in a predetermined controlled direction with respect to the hinge when positioning the patient thereon.

16. The table of claim 15 , wherein the predetermined controlled direction is towards the hinge when the first and second sections articulate to position the patient lying prone in flexion.

17. The table of claim 15 , wherein the motivating mechanism causes the chest platform to move during articulation.

18. The table of claim 15 , wherein the motivating mechanism prevents free moving of the chest platform.

19. The table of claim 15 , wherein the hinge comprises a pair of spaced apart hinges.

20. The table of claim 15 , wherein the patient support structure comprises only a single pair of spaced apart hinges between outer ends of the of the patient support structure.

Assignees

• Jackson Roger P

Inventors

• Jackson Roger P

Classifications

• A61G13/0054

  specially adapted for back or spinal surgeries · CPC title

• A61G13/123

  Lower body, e.g. pelvis, hip, buttocks · CPC title

• A61G13/122

  Upper body, e.g. chest · CPC title

• A61G13/104

  Adaptations for table mobility, e.g. arrangement of wheels · CPC title

• A61G13/0036

  Orthopaedic operating tables (devices for stretching fractured limbs A61F5/04) · CPC title