Positioning Device And Method Of Use

• US 20140289963A1
• Filed: 06/13/2014
• Published: 10/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mercy Medical Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Mercy Medical Research Institute
• Inventors: Shah, Bharat, Zablocki, Dawn, Khoshyomn, Sami
• Granted Patent: US 9,597,247 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 5/603
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/02 Adjustable operating tables; Controls therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/121 Head or neck
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/122 Upper body, e.g. chest
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/1225 Back
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/123 Lower body, e.g. pelvis, hip, buttocks
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/129 having surface parts for adaptation of the size, e.g. for extension or reduction tables with different adjustable sections A61G13/08
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2200/322 lateral
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2200/325 prone
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2200/327 supine

Abstract

A positioning device is described for supporting an infant with myelomeningocele during surgery, transport and pre- and post-operative procedures. The device allows the patient to be expeditiously re-positioned from prone to supine and lateral positions and vice versa before, during and after surgery. The device allows access to the myelomeningocele while the patient is secured in the device.

Claims

2-1. The device of claim 1 wherein the adjustable dorsal opening comprises a plurality of nested removable concentric rings;

wherein one or more of the nested removable concentric rings are removed prior to a surgical procedure to define the adjustable dorsal opening.

10. A device for positioning a patient during a surgical procedure on a dorsal area of a patient comprising:

a frontal support cushion, a posterior support cushion, and an attachment mechanism for releaseably attaching the frontal support cushion to the posterior support cushion;

the frontal support cushion formed from a foam material and comprising a base and a raised central support area extending the length of the base;

the posterior support cushion formed from a foam material and comprising a base with an adjustable dorsal opening for accessing a dorsal area of a patient during a surgical procedure;

the adjustable dorsal opening extending from a top surface to a bottom surface of the posterior support cushion;

the frontal support cushion having a facial aperture extending through the frontal support cushion for receiving a face of a patient and at least one slit disposed in a top surface of the raised central support area and from the facial aperture to an edge of the raised central support area.

11. The device of claim 10 wherein the adjustable dorsal opening comprises a plurality of removable nested concentric rings;

wherein at least one of the removable nested concentric rings are removed before a surgical procedure to define the adjustable dorsal opening.

12. The device of claim 10 wherein the adjustable dorsal opening comprises a spiral cut disposed through the base of the posterior support cushion defining a spiral portion of the posterior support cushion;

wherein a section of the spiral portion is removed prior to a surgical procedure to define the adjustable dorsal opening.