Patent ID: 9629766
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61G,E05D

Claim:
1. A base for supporting a patient support structure of a surgical table, the base comprising: a first end support and a second end support opposing the first end support, each of the first and second end supports providing for vertical height adjustment above a floor; a first connection assembly including a first roll subassembly and a first pitch subassembly, the first connection assembly coupled between a first end of the patient support structure and the first end support, the first roll subassembly including a first roll axis about which the patient support structure is configured to roll; a second connection assembly including a second roll subassembly and a second pitch subassembly, the second connection assembly coupled between a second end of the patient support structure and the second end support, the second roll subassembly including a second roll axis about which the patient support structure is configured to roll, the second roll axis being substantially coaxially aligned with the first roll axis, the first and second pitch subassemblies allowing for angulation of the first and second roll axes of the first and second roll subassemblies upwardly or downwardly to maintain the coaxial alignment of the first and second roll axes when the first and second end supports change elevation relative to each other.