Head cushion and drape stand

• US 5,396,903 A
• Filed: 03/02/1994
• Issued: 03/14/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ernest B. Pruitt
• Original Assignee: Ernest B. Pruitt
• Inventors: Pruitt, Ernest B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Michael A.
• Application Number:
  US08/204,949
• Time in Patent Office: 377 Days
• Field of Search: 16/225, 16/DIG. 13, 128/845, 128/846, 128/869-876, 128/849, 5/636, 5/637
• US Class Current: 5/636
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/121 Head or neck
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/072 for the head only

Abstract

A device for use with a patient on a medical procedure table or the like for locating a surgical drape, comprising a mobile head cushion and a drape stand. The head cushion is formed from a foam material. The cushion has a first surface for placement of the cushion on the table and an opposite surface having positioning for locating a patient'"'"'s head in a predetermined location on the table. The cushion further is adapted to locate a drape stand with respect to the predetermined location. The drape stand for receiving the surgical drape is being formed from a plastic, hollow tube having two ends for cooperative engagement with the cushion and a length equal to about twice the desired height plus the width of the stand. The tube has two hinges formed by radially cutting partially through the periphery of the tube, each of the hinges being spaced from an end of the tube by the desired height and spaced from each other by the width.

Claims

1. A device for use with a patient on a procedure table for locating a surgical drape, comprising:

a mobile head cushion, said head cushion being formed from a foam material cushion, said cushion having a first surface for locating said cushion on said table and a second surface including a head rest for locating a patient'"'"'s head in a predetermined location, said cushion having a predetermined thickness between said surfaces and further having drape stand locating means for locating a drape stand with respect to said predetermined location comprising at least two holes in said cushion thickness, said thickness between said first and second surfaces being from about two to about eight inches; and

a drape stand formed from a tube for receiving said surgical drape, said drape stand being formed from a tube having two ends for cooperative engagement with said locating means and a length equal to about twice the desired height plus the width of said stand, said locating means being the sole locating means for said tube, said tube having two hinges formed by radially cutting through from about 70% to about 98% of the periphery of said tube, each of said hinges being spaced from an end of said tube by said desired height and spaced from each other by said width.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein said drape stand locating means includes a plurality of pairs of holes sized and positioned to receive said tube ends in a plurality of operable relationships.

3. The device of claim 1, which further includes locking means for locking said tube in an axially straight orientation.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein said locking means comprises a hollow tube sized to engage the outer surface of said tube.

5. A device for use with a patient on a procedure table for locating a surgical drape, comprising:

a mobile head cushion, said head cushion being formed from a foam material cushion, said cushion having a first surface for locating said cushion on said table and a second surface including a head rest for locating a patient'"'"'s head in a predetermined location, said cushion having a predetermined thickness between said surfaces and further having drape stand locating means for locating a drape stand with respect to said predetermined location comprising at least two holes in said cushion thickness, said thickness between said first and second surfaces being from about two to about eight inches; and

a drape stand formed from a tube for receiving said surgical drape, said drape stand being formed from a tube having two ends for cooperative engagement with said locating means and a length equal to about twice the desired height plus the width of said stand, said locating means being the sole locating means for said tube, said tube having two hinges, each of said hinges being spaced from an end of said tube by said desired height and spaced from each other by said width.