Patent ID: 7257849
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: A61B,A61G

Abstract:
1. An adapter for attaching a patient positioning plate of a patient transport cart to a table for a medical procedure said table having a curved patient-receiving surface adapted for a patient to lie thereon, without said adapter, for said medical procedure, said patient positioning plate being removable from said patient transport cart and placeable on said table with said adapter between said patient positioning plate and said patient receiving surface of said table, said adapter comprising an adapter body, attachment elements carried by said adapter body for detachable attachment of the adapter body to said table, and said adapter body having a substantially flat top side configured to engage the patient positioning plate, said patient positioning plate having an underside and said top side of said adapter body substantially conforming to said underside of said patient positioning plate, and said adapter body having an underside with projections extending therefrom configured to engage said table at said curved patient-receiving surface of said table, and said projections having respective lengths substantially conforming to said curved patient-receiving surface.