Patent ID: 6490737
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A protective helmet apparatus for providing patient cranial support during surgery, which may be assembled from a plurality of cooperatively engageable components of differing dimensions for achieving optimum fit and pressure diffusion upon face of the intended helmet wearer comprising:a cushion, said cushion having a front portion and two cushion sidewalls extending upward from said front portion, said cushion having an interior surface and an exterior surface; said interior surface of said cushion dimensioned to accommodate the facial structure of a human being; at least one cushion ocular aperture in said cushion communicating laterally across said front portion and continuing up both of said two cushion sidewalls, said ocular aperture providing communication between said interior surface and said exterior surface; a viewing passage formed by said cushion ocular aperture, said viewing passage providing a view through said cushion sidewalls, wherein one of the two eyes of a patient wearing said cushion while in the prone position, may be seen though said viewing passage from a position adjacent to either of said two cushion sidewalls, thereby allowing both of said patients eyes to be viewed through said viewing passage.