Patent ID: 9149406
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A patient positioning device for restraining movement of a body lying over a top surface of a table, comprising: a rigid support frame extending transversely over the top surface of said table, comprising an upper support surface and a pair of legs that are secured to said table to inhibit movement of the upper support surface along a longitudinal axis of said table; a cervical-thoracic notch restraint securely fixed to the upper support surface of the support frame, via a repositionable fastener, to thereby inhibit movement of the cervical-thoracic notch restraint along the longitudinal axis of said table, wherein the cervical-thoracic notch restraint includes a resiliently deformable material and comprises a base defining a substantially flat plane and a raised, curved support extending transversely across the base and comprising a mound prominently extending upwards from the substantially flat plane of the base, and wherein, in an operational state, the curved support is configured to nest into an anatomical cervical-thoracic notch of said body lying over said table to abut a trapezius muscle of said body, and the curved support is load-bearing to thereby apply a resisting force against the trapezius muscle and a spinal column of said body that is sufficient to substantially completely resist movement of said body along the longitudinal axis of said table; and a head stabilizer overlying at least part of the base of the cervical-thoracic notch restraint and comprising a recess configured to at least partially receive an occiput of a head of said body lying over said table to inhibit lateral movement of said head, wherein the material of the cervical-thoracic notch restraint has a greater density than a material of the head stabilizer so that the cervical-thoracic notch is load-bearing along the longitudinal axis of said table, while the head stabilizer is substantially non-load-bearing along the longitudinal axis of said table.