Title:
SURGICAL TABLE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/198949
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A surgical table includes a mechanism for causing movement of a tabletop of the table relative to a column of the table in a selected longitudinal or transverse direction of the tabletop, the mechanism including first and second drive elements movably mounted on one of the column and the tabletop and a traverse device mounted on the other of the column and the tabletop, wherein the tabletop is movable relative to the column between a predetermined traverse position, at which both of the first and second drive elements are engaged with the traverse device, and a first traverse position, at which the first drive element is engaged with the traverse device and the second drive element is disengaged from the traverse device. Also described is a system for helping a user dispose a tabletop of a table a predetermined position relative to a column of the table.
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Inventors:
CLAYTON MATT (GB)
GRAY MICK (GB)
GRAY MICK (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2014/062471
Publication Date:
March 05, 2015
Filing Date:
June 13, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ESCHMANN HOLDINGS LTD (GB)
International Classes:
A61G13/02; A61G13/06
Foreign References:
| JPH06114087A | 1994-04-26 | |||
| JPH01297054A | 1989-11-30 | |||
| US4159822A | 1979-07-03 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
PETER DAVID JENKINS (Bedford HouseJohn Street, London Greater London WC1N 2BF, GB)
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