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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2006
Applicants:
Mark Brinkerhoff, San Jose, CA (US);
Tom Kowalski, Ben Lomand, CA (US);
Shandon Alderson, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark Brinkerhoff, San Jose, CA (US);
Tom Kowalski, Ben Lomand, CA (US);
Shandon Alderson, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
AMO Manufacturing USA, LLC, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Improved devices, systems, and methods support and/or restrain a head of a patient, optionally for use in refractive surgery. Both the height of the patient's head and the angle of the patient's neck along the medial-lateral plane of the patient can be established independently, and compression pillow systems can gently and atraumatically compress the patient's head between protruding foam sidewalls or the like to inhibit movement of the patient from the alignment position.