Patent ID: 8719979

Claim:
An apparatus for supporting a patient during a medical procedure, the apparatus comprising: a) a base structure including first and second spaced opposed end supports, each end support being attached to the base structure; b) an elongate patient support structure including first and second portions joined at an articulation, the patient support structure having opposite ends connected to the end supports respectively and being alignable in a first plane and movable to a plurality of angular orientations with respect to one another on either side of the first plane; c) the articulation joining the first and second portions and movable to a plurality of angular orientations associated with the angular orientations of the ends of the patient support structure relative to the end supports; d) a pair of translation connector subassemblies cooperating with the articulation and located at respective ends of the patient support structure so as to allow the patient support structure to move through the various angular orientations thereof without the spaced opposed end supports moving relative to each other; and e) a structure to move the articulation into the various angular orientations.