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Inflatable positioning aids for operating room

  • US 6,510,574 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2001
  • Issued: 01/28/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An inflatable positioning assembly comprising an inflatable pillow comprising a top panel and a bottom panel, said top and bottom panels having peripheral regions secured in face-to-face engagement with one another, said top and bottom panels further being connected to one another along a section extending continuously between spaced apart peripheral regions, wherein the inflatable pillow comprises an inflatable toroidal portion configured to support the head of a patient and an inflatable bar-shaped portion aligned substantially tangentially to the toroidal portion, the toroidal portion configured to support the neck of said patient and the bar-shaped portion being separated from one another by a non-inflatable portion extending between the spaced apart peripheral locations, the inflatable pillow further comprising means for selectively directing air into and out of at least a selected one of said toroidal portion and said bar shaped portion.

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