Patent ID: 7857779

Claim:
A patient support for use with a surgical table for supporting a patient during shoulder surgery, comprising: a generally inverted L-shaped frame means including an upstanding first frame portion, having upper and lower ends, and a generally horizontally extending second frame portion having inner and outer ends; said lower end of said first frame portion being selectively rotatably secured to the surgical table about a vertical axis; a first elongated tubular frame member, having inner and outer ends, and extending generally horizontally from the first frame portion; a second elongated tubular frame member, having inner and outer ends, and extending generally horizontally from the first frame portion below said first tubular elongated frame member; said outer end of said first frame member being disposed outwardly of said outer end of said second frame member; an inverted L-shaped third frame member secured to said first frame portion and including a generally vertically extending portion and a generally horizontally extending portion having inner and outer ends; said generally horizontally extending portion of said third frame member being disposed below said second elongated frame member; a fourth frame member slidably adjustably received in said outer end of said first frame member and having inner and outer ends; a fifth frame member slidably adjustably received in said outer end of said second frame member and having inner and outer ends; a first pulley rotatably mounted at the outer end of said fourth frame member about a horizontal axis; a second pulley rotatably mounted at the outer end of said fifth frame member about a horizontal axis; a third pulley rotatably mounted at the outer end of said generally horizontally extending portion of said third frame member; a first support line, having inner and outer ends, movably positioned in said first frame member and said fourth frame member and having its outer end extending outwardly from said outer end of said fourth frame member and which passes over said first pulley and thence downwardly therefrom; a second support line, having inner and outer ends, movably positioned in said second frame member and said fifth frame member and having its outer end extending outwardly from said outer end of said fifth frame member and which passes over said second pulley and thence downwardly therefrom; a third support line, having inner and outer ends, movably positioned in said third frame member and having its outer end extending outwardly from said outer end of said horizontally extending portion of said third frame members and which passes over said third pulley and thence downwardly therefrom; a first line-tensioning device secured to said first support line; a second line-tensioning device secured to said second support line; a third line-tensioning device secured to said third support line; said outer ends of said first, second and third support lines adapts to be secured to the arm of a patient undergoing shoulder surgery.