Device for adjusting an operating table

• US 7,810,185 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2006
• Issued: 10/12/2010
• 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: Biehl, Thomas, Burstner, Markus
• Primary Examiner(s): Santos; Robert G
• Application Number:
  US11/598,596
• Publication Number:
  US 20070107126A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,429 Days
• Field of Search: 560/0, 5607-611, 5 1/1, 561/3, 561/6
• US Class Current: 5/600
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/02 Adjustable operating tables; Controls therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/08 the table being divided into different adjustable sections
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/10 Parts, details or accessories surgical drape sheets A61B46/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/1285 having modular surface parts, e.g. being replaceable or turnable
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/12 Remote controls
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/80 for connecting a trolley to a device, e.g. bed or column table

Abstract

A device (24) for adjusting an operating table 10 having a column 12 on which an adjustable bed 16 is to be fastened releasably is shown. The device comprises an operating implement 26 for the input of adjustment commands for adjusting the operating table 10. The device 24 comprises means 20, 28 for the direct transmission of the adjustment commands from the operating implement 26 to the adjustable bed 16.

Claims

1. A device for adjusting an operating table having a column on which an adjustable bed is to be fastened releasably, the device comprising an operating implement for the input of adjustment commands for adjusting the operating table and a cable for direct transmission of the adjustment commands from the operating implement to the adjustable bed, wherein a first end of the cable is connected or connectable to the operating implement and in a first configuration, a second end of the cable can be plugged into a first plug connection on the bed, and in a second configuration, the second end of the cable can be plugged into a second plug connection on the column.

2. The device according to claim 1, the adjustment of the operating table comprising an adjustment of segments of the bed in relation to one another and, in addition, one or more of the following adjustments of the bed as a whole:

a height adjustment of the bed, a rotation of the bed about a vertical axis, a tilting of the bed about its transverse axis, a tilting of the bed about its longitudinal axis and a translation of the bed in its longitudinal direction.

3. The device according to claim 1, in which the bed comprises a first electronic control unit which has an input for adjustment commands and which is programmed such that, from the adjustment commands received via the input, it generates control signals for actuators for adjusting the operating table.

4. The device according to claim 1, in which, in the column, a second electronic control unit is provided, which has an input for adjustment commands and which is programmed such that, from the adjustment commands received via the input, it generates control signals for actuators for adjusting the operating table.

5. The device according to claim 1, in which the bed has electrically driven actuators for adjusting its segments in relation to one another and an electrical connection for a mobile voltage source.

6. An operating table system comprising:

an adjustable operating table with a column on which an adjustable bed is to be fastened releasably, the bed having mutually adjustable segments and having electrically driven actuators for adjusting the adjustable segments in relation to one another and further having an electrical voltage connection for a mobile voltage source; and

a trolley which is suitable for transporting the bed together with a patient supported on it,

the trolley comprising a voltage source which is suitable for supplying the actuators of the bed with voltage.

7. The operating table system according to claim 6, in which the bed and the column can be connected simultaneously both mechanically and electrically via a column coupling, and in which, on the trolley, a coupling part is provided which can be coupled mechanically and electrically to the bed-side coupling part of the column coupling.