Patent ID: 8397323
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: A61B,A61G

Abstract:
1. A patient-support apparatus comprising a cantilevered support including a first radiolucent beam having a longitudinal axis, a second radiolucent beam having a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis of the second beam oriented generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first beam, the first and second beams configured to support a patient-support accessory, and means for coupling the cantilevered support to a deck of a surgical table such that substantially all of the load borne by the patient-support accessory is transferred through the beams directly to the deck, the patient-support apparatus further including (i) a first cross-beam coupled to a first end of the first and second radiolucent beams and (ii) a second cross-beam spaced apart from the first cross-beam and coupled to the first and second radiolucent beams, the first and second radiolucent beams and the first and second cross-beams being substantially coplanar.