Operating table

• US 7,694,366 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2006
• Issued: 04/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maquet GmbH & Company KG (Universal Robot Systems GmbH & Co KG)
• Original Assignee: Maquet GmbH & Company KG (Universal Robot Systems GmbH & Co KG)
• Inventors: Olszewski, Jan Donat, Kobuss, Matthias, Kottmann, Heiko, Koch, Guido
• Primary Examiner(s): Santos; Robert G
• Application Number:
  US11/598,316
• Publication Number:
  US 20070107125A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,247 Days
• Field of Search: 560/0, 5607-611, 5 1/1, 561/3, 561/6
• US Class Current: 5/608
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/04 tiltable around transverse or longitudinal axis
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/06 raising or lowering of the whole table surface A61G13/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/08 the table being divided into different adjustable sections

Abstract

In an operating table comprising a table column (10) with a column foot (14) and with a column head (16) and also a patient bed (12) which is connectable to the column head (16) and which is pivotable in relation to the table column (10) about at least one axis parallel to the bed plane, the column head (16) has provided on it a guide track (42) which is curved continuously about an axis of curvature and on which a saddle coupleable to the bed (12) is mounted such that it can be adjusted along the guide track (42) by means of a saddle drive.

Claims

1. An operating table comprising:

a table column with a column foot and with a column head;

and a patient bed which is connectable to the column head and which is pivotable in relation to the table column about at least one axis parallel to the bed plane,

wherein the column head has provided on it a guide track which is curved continuously about an axis of curvature and on which a saddle coupleable to the bed is mounted such that it can be adjusted along the guide track by means of a saddle drive, and

wherein the guide track is arranged on a head frame which is pivotable with respect to the table column by means of a pivoting drive about a pivot axis perpendicular to the axis of curvature of the guide track.

2. The operating table according to claim 1, wherein the axis of curvature of the guide track lies within the table column.

3. The operating table according to claim 1, wherein the saddle drive comprises at least one saddle-side gear element which can be driven by means of a motor and which is in engagement with a gear element arranged on the head frame.

4. The operating table according to claim 3, wherein the saddle-side gear element is a worm and the gear element fastened to the head frame is a toothed ring.

5. The operating table according to claim 1, wherein the pivoting drive comprises two pressure-medium-actuated pivoting cylinders which are arranged within the column and, on the one hand, are supported on the column head and, on the other hand, engage on the head frame on both sides of the pivot axis.

6. The operating table according to claim 1, wherein the pivoting drive comprises at least one worm wheel connected fixedly in terms of rotation to the head frame and arranged coaxially with respect to the pivot axis and a worm which can be driven by means of a motor and is in engagement with the at least one worm wheel.

7. The operating table according to claim 1, wherein the column head is adjustable with respect to the column foot by means of a height drive.

8. The operating table according to claim 7, wherein the height drive comprises a telescopic vertical guide and a linear drive.

9. The operating table according to claim 1, wherein the bed is arranged on a connecting frame having coupling elements which are intended for engagement with countercoupling elements arranged on the saddle.

10. The operating table according to claim 9, wherein the bed is mounted on the saddle or the connecting frame pivotably about a pivot axis directed transversely to its longitudinal direction.

11. The operating table according to claim 10, wherein the bed is pivotable in relation to the saddle or connecting frame by means of a bed actuating drive.

12. The operating table according to claim 11, wherein the bed actuating drive comprises at least one drive unit with at least one servomotor which is fastened to the connecting frame or to a bed portion connected to the connecting frame and which is in engagement with an element to be driven, connected in each case to the other part (bed portion or connecting frame).

13. The operating table according to claim 12, wherein the bed actuating drive includes a drive unit provided on each side of the connecting frame with respect to the bed pivot axis.

14. The operating table according to claim 11, wherein the bed comprises at least two bed segments which are connected to one another in an articulated manner about a joint axis coaxial with respect to the bed pivot axis, and in that the bed actuating drive is designed such that the at least two bed segments can be adjusted together or individually each separately.

15. The operating table according to claim 11, wherein the bed actuating drive comprises at least one drive unit with at least one servomotor which is fastened to the connecting frame or to a bed portion connected to the connecting frame and which is in engagement with an element to be driven, connected in each case to the other part (bed portion or connecting frame),

wherein the bed comprises at least two bed segments which are connected to one another in an articulated manner about a joint axis, and the bed actuating drive is designed such that the at least two bed segments can be adjusted together or individually each separately, and

wherein the at least one servomotor of the bed actuating drive is drive connected in each case via a coupling to one of the bed segments.

16. The operating table according to claim 15, wherein the at least one servomotor drives in each case a gearwheel which is in engagement with a toothed ring on the respective bed segment.

17. The operating table according to claim 1, wherein the bed can be coupled to the saddle in such a way that the longitudinal direction of the bed is perpendicular to the axis of curvature of the guide track.

18. The operating table according to claim 1, wherein the bed can be coupled to the saddle in such a way that the longitudinal direction of the bed is directed parallel to the axis of curvature of the guide track.

22. The operating table according to claim 6, wherein the at least one push and/or pull element is connected directly to the piston of the pressure-medium-actuated cylinder.

19. An operating table comprising:

a table column with a column foot and with a column head;

and a patient bed which is connectable to the column head and which is pivotable in relation to the table column about at least one axis parallel to the bed plane,

wherein the column head has provided on it a guide track which is curved continuously about an axis of curvature and on which a saddle coupleable to the bed is mounted such that it can be adjusted along the guide track by means of a saddle drive, and

wherein the saddle drive has at least one push and/or pull element which is flexible at least in one direction and which is guided displaceably along the guide track and is connected, on the one hand, to the saddle and, on the other hand, to an actuator.

20. The operating table according to claim 19, wherein the actuator is a linear drive.

21. The operating table according to claim 20, wherein the linear drive is a pressure-medium-actuated cylinder.

23. The operating table according to claim 19, wherein the at least one push and/or pull element is a rigid-back chain.

24. The operating table according to claim 19, wherein the saddle drive comprises two push or pull elements which are connected in each case to an actuator and which are arranged and switched such that they operate reciprocally.

25. An operating table comprising:

a table column with a column foot and with a column head; and

a patient bed which is connectable to the column head and which is pivotable in relation to the table column about at least one axis parallel to the bed plane,

wherein the column head has provided on it a guide track which is curved continuously about an axis of curvature and on which a saddle coupleable to the bed is mounted such that it can be adjusted along the guide track by means of a saddle drive,

wherein the bed is arranged on a connecting frame having coupling elements which are intended for engagement with countercoupling elements arranged on the saddle,

wherein the bed is mounted on the saddle or the connecting frame pivotably about a pivot axis directed transversely to its longitudinal direction,

wherein the bed is pivotable in relation to the saddle or connecting frame by means of a bed actuating drive,

wherein the bed actuating drive comprises at least one drive unit with at least one servomotor which is fastened to the connecting frame or to a bed portion connected to the connecting frame and which is in engagement with an element to be driven, connected in each case to the other part (bed portion or connecting frame), and

wherein the at least one servomotor is coupled to the gearwheel via a gear worm which is mounted axially displaceably, the gear worm is prestressed into a first axial end position, and the gear worm is assigned a limit switch controlling the energy supply of the at least one servomotor, in such a way that, during the axial displacement of the gear worm, the limit switch is actuated at the second axial end position of the gear worm.