Patent ID: 9254179
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: A61B,A61G,F16M

Claim Text:
1. A surgical support system for use with an operating room table having a surface defining a table plane, the surgical support system comprising: a base element fixable with respect to the operating room table to extend along the table plane and to present first mechanical interlock features exposed on an upper surface of the base element away from the table surface; a mounting element having second mechanical interlock features inter-engagable with the first mechanical interlock features of the base element through a pliable surgical drape material without breech of the surgical drape material, an interlocking of the first and second mechanical interlock features through the surgical drape blocking relative movement of the base element and the mounting element along the table plane while allowing engagement and disengagement of the base element and the mounting element along a direction generally perpendicular to the table plane; latch components positioned on the base element and mounting element to releasably retain the base element and mounting element against disengagement of the base element and mounting element along a direction generally perpendicular to the table plane; and at least one attachment feature on an upper surface of the mounting element for retaining a surgical device during surgery.