Patent ID: 8469911

Claim:
A surgical positioning device for positioning the body of a patient in a selected position, the device comprising: a flexible, air-impermeable shell having a top wall and bottom wall joined at an outer periphery, the outer periphery having an upper edge, lower edge and opposing lateral edges extending therebetween, the shell defining a longitudinal centerline centered between the lateral edges and a transverse centerline centered between the upper and lower edges; a plurality of beads substantially filling the shell while allowing the shell to remain pliable; the upper edge having opposed arcuate shoulder portions, each of which terminates at one of the lateral edges; the lateral edges having a maximum width dimension proximate to the arcuate shoulder portions sufficient to be wrapped over and at least partially overlie a patient's shoulders; the lateral edges having opposed protuberances proximate to the lower edge, and opposed tapered waist portions located between each protuberance and a maximum width portion of the lateral edge, the waist portions each having an arcuate shape, the waist portions together defining a variable transverse width.