Patent ID: 11857467
Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surgical table including a sagittal adjustment device for manipulating the position of a patient comprising:
a base portion including an upper surface and a channel formed in the upper surface; and
the sagittal adjustment device including a first support portion and a second support portion supported by the upper surface of the base portion, the first and second support portions being moveable over the upper surface of the base portion, the first and second support portions each including an upper surface, the first support portion including a first edge portion, the second support portion including a second edge portion, the first edge portion of the first support portion and the second edge portion of the second support portion facing one another and having an uninterrupted space therebetween, the first support portion being pivotally attached to the base portion, and being moveable between a first pivotal position and a second pivotal position relative to the base portion, and the second portion being pivotally attached to the base portion, and being moveable between a third pivotal position and a fourth pivotal position relative to the base portion;
wherein the first support portion is configured to support at least a first portion of the patient thereon, and the second support portion is configured to support at least a second portion of the patient thereon,
wherein, when the first support portion is in the first pivotal position and the second support portion is in the third pivotal position, the first edge portion and the second edge portion are substantially parallel to one another, and, when the first support portion is in the second pivotal position and the second support portion is in the fourth pivotal position, the first edge portion and the second edge portion have an acute orientation with respect to one another, and
wherein the channel of the base portion extends in a direction substantially aligned with a mid-longitudinal axis of the base portion, and wherein a pin is one of received in an aperture formed in the base portion, and received in the channel to constrain movement of the second support portion relative to the base portion, the second support portion being pivotally moveable relative to the upper surface of the base portion when the pin is received in the aperture, and the second support portion being pivotally moveable and linearly moveable relative to the upper surface of the base portion when the pin is received in the channel.