Therapeutic head support

• US 4,752,064 A
• Filed: 03/23/1987
• Issued: 06/21/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gene Voss
• Original Assignee: Gene Voss
• Inventors: Voss, Gene
• Primary Examiner(s): Watson, Robert C.
• Application Number:
  US07/029,224
• Time in Patent Office: 456 Days
• Field of Search: 269/328, 5/434-437, 5/440, 128/1 R, 128/21, 128/22
• US Class Current: 5/638
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/0054 specially adapted for back or spinal surgeries
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/12 Rests specially adapted therefor; Arrangements of patient-supporting surfaces rests for the surgeon A61B90/60; restraining devices A61F5/37
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/121 Head or neck
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2200/325 prone
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/072 for the head only

Abstract

A therapeutic device for supporting the head face down during an operation. The device is comprised of a pillow having a T-shaped void therein conforming to the contours of the face. One or more channels may be cut in the pillow to provide airways or allow insertion of a tube into the patient'"'"'s mouth. A support structure is also described for use with the pillow. The support structure allows the patient'"'"'s face to be seen, even while lying down, and consists of a plate attached to the end of a table by clamps, having a mirror below whose orientation may be adjusted.

Claims

1. A therapeutic head support comprising:

a pillow made of soft resilient foam being between two and four inches thick;

said pillow having a T-shaped void theerein conforming to the contours of a human face;

said pillow having a channel therein extending from said void to an outer surface of said pillow;

a plate member having a cutout therein for supporting said pillow, said cutout corresponding to said void;

rod members attached to said plate member;

clamping means connected to said rod members for attaching said plate member to a table;

a mirror attached to said plate member opposite said pillow; and

means for adjusting the orientation of the miror.

2. A therapeutic head support comprising:

a pillow member having upper and lower surfaces and having a T-shaped void therein for receiving a human face at said upper surface;

a plate member whose dimensions correspond to the cross-sectional dimensions of said pillow member, said plate member having a cutout there-through corresponding to said void in said pillow member, and having a flanged edge for securing said pillow member thereto;

one or more rod members having first and second ends;

one or more clamp members, said first end of said one or more rod members being attached to said plate member, and said second end of said one or more rod members being attached to said one or more clamp members;

one or more bar members having first and second ends, said first end being attached to said plate member;

a mirror attached to said second end of said one or more bar members; and

knob means for adjusting the orientation of said mirror.

3. The therapeutic head support of claim 2 wherein said pillow member has one or more channels therein extending from said void to an outer surface of said pillow member.