Patent ID: 8400094

Claim:
A robotic surgery system for supporting a patient and a robotic surgical manipulator, the robotic surgery system comprising: a base; a pillar coupled to the base at a first end and extending vertically upward to an opposing second end; an attachment structure coupled to the second end of the pillar; a patient table coupled to the attachment structure; and a robot support arm having a first end coupled to the attachment structure with a sliding connection that allows the robot support arm to be moved along an axis of the attachment structure parallel to an upper surface of the patient table, the robot support arm extending upward and then over the patient table to a second end such that a robotic surgical manipulator supported adjacent the second end of the robot support arm will extend generally downward from the robot support arm toward a patient supported by the patient table to place an end effector of the robotic surgical manipulator adjacent a desired surgical site on the patient.