Patent ID: 7152261
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: A61B,A61G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for supporting a patient during a medical procedure, comprising: (a) first and second vertically adjustable support columns; (b) an elongated base intercoupling said columns, said base having first and second sections coupled in adjustable relation enabling extension and retraction of a length of said base; (c) a patient support structure including a first end and a second end, each end pivotally and rotatably coupled with a respective one of said columns; (d) said patient support structure including a body support rotatably coupled with right and left patient leg supports normally engaged with a respective one of said columns; (e) said right and left leg supports each being disengageable from a respective column; and (f) a brace coupled with said body support and shiftable from a first position in spaced relation to said base to a second, base-contacting position for supporting said body support when said right and left leg supports are disengaged from said respective column.