Patent ID: 8443473

Claim:
A frame device for positioning a patient's torso in a prone position on a platform during a surgical procedure comprising at least three support members arranged at angles to one another, wherein a first support member is configured and adapted to support a lateral portion of a patient's torso and the patient's hips, a second support member, generally contiguous with the first, is configured and adapted to contact a patient's thighs and to position the patient's thighs in a first angular position relative to the patient's hips and torso, and a third support member, generally contiguous with the second support member, is adapted to support a patient's knees and lower legs and to position the patient's lower legs in a second angular position relative to the patients torso and thighs, wherein at least one opening is provided in the area of the first and/or second support members and is configured to allow a portion of the patient's abdomen to be unsupported when the patient is otherwise supported on the frame device, and wherein the frame device is adapted to be supported on a platform structure after the patient is positioned in the frame device to position the patient's torso in a prone position on the platform structure.