Patent ID: 8707484

Claim:
An apparatus for supporting a patient during a medical procedure, the apparatus comprising: a) a base with first and second opposed end supports, each end support including a connection subassembly; b) first and second patient supports, each having an outer end pivotally connected to a respective end support and an opposed inner end, each outer end being joined with one of said first and second end supports by a respective connection subassembly, and said inner ends being located adjacent to one another; c) said base including structure operable to provide selectable and coordinated lift, angulation and roll of at least one of said first and second patient supports, whereby said patient supports are positionable in a plurality of selectable angular orientations with respect to said base and said first patient support inner end being positioned at a selected distance from said second patient support inner end; d) at least one of said first and second end supports including a lift mechanism operable to raise and lower a respective patient support, an angulation mechanism operable to position one of the patient supports in a plurality of angular orientations with respect to a respective end support and a roll mechanism operable to tilt a respective patient support; e) a longitudinal translation compensation mechanism operable to maintain said patient support inner ends at said selected distance; and f) a trunk translator engaged with one of said first and second patient supports, the trunk translator having a trunk actuator operable for selective coordinated positioning of said trunk translator along said patient support in response to a change in said angular orientation to thereby coordinate a position of said trunk translator with said angular orientation.