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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2001
Charles E. Dinkler, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ohio Medical Instruments Company, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An advantageous interoperative system includes a scanner [ ] with an enclosed scanning zone, an image guided system [ ] operatively connected to the scanner [ ], a surgical table [ ] having a radiolucent member [ ] attached to one end thereof with a radiolucent support [ ] held near an outboard end [ ] of the radiolucent member [ ] by a radiolucent adaptor assembly [ ], the radiolucent adaptor assembly [ ] being hingedly connected to both the radiolucent member [ ] and the radiolucent support [ ]. The table [ ] and the radiolucent member [ ] attached thereto are movable relative to the scanner [ ] to locate the radiolucent member [ ] and the head of a patient supported thereon within the scanning zone, to facilitate interoperative scans. The two spaced hinged connections of the radiolucent adaptor assembly [ ] promote versatility for the surgeon in positioning the radiolucent member [ ] and the patient stabilization device [ or ] within the scanning zone. The patient stabilization [ ] device may be a radiolucent skull clamp [ ] or a radiolucent horseshoe headrest [ ], and the radiolucent skull clamp [ ] and radiolucent horseshoe headrest [ ] are mounted on supports [ ] which interchangeably connect to the radiolucent adaptor assembly [