Surgery table apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9744089-B2
Application number	US-201615207599-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2016
Priority date	Oct 22, 2007
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

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 “V”.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A surgical table for supporting a patient having hips and a torso, the surgical table having a torso region and a hip region supported above a floor during a medical procedure, the surgical table comprising:
a first frame section comprising the torso region and a second frame section comprising the hip region, the first and second frame sections inwardly coupled by a pair of spaced apart hinges and outwardly supported by respective first and second end supports;
a torso platform configured to support the patient at the torso, the torso platform supported on and in sliding relation with the first frame section;
a slide mechanism operably coupling the torso platform and the surgical table, the slide mechanism configured to move the torso platform in response to hinging of the first frame section relative to the second frame section, wherein the torso platform moves towards the pair of spaced apart hinges when the first and second frame sections transition from a generally level position to an inverted V position; and
a hip support configured to support the patient at the hips, the hip support supported on the second frame section.

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

3. The surgical table of claim 1 , wherein the inverted V position defines an angle under the first and second frame sections of less than one hundred eighty degrees.

4. The surgical table of claim 1 , wherein the torso platform moves away from the pair of spaced apart hinges when the first and second frame sections transition from the inverted V position to the generally level position.

5. The surgical table of claim 1 , wherein the slide mechanism comprises a control rod coupled to the torso platform and a portion of the surgical table, wherein movement of the control rod causes movement of the torso platform.

6. The surgical table of claim 1 , wherein the slide mechanism prevents free moving of the torso platform.

Assignees

• Jackson Roger P

Inventors

• Jackson Roger P

Classifications

• 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

• A61G13/04

  tiltable around transverse or longitudinal axis · CPC title

• A61G13/0054

  specially adapted for back or spinal surgeries · CPC title