A surgical frame and a radiation-mitigation system are provided. The surgical frame can be capable of reconfiguration before, during, or after surgery, and can include a main beam that can be rotated, raised/lowered, and tilted upwardly/downwardly to afford positioning and repositioning of a patient supported thereon. Furthermore, use of imaging techniques to facilitate imaging of anatomical structures of a patient before, during, and after surgery can be desirous. An emitter of such imaging techniques can be positioned under the main beam of the surgical frame. The radiation-mitigation system can serve to intercept/block and mitigate at least some of the scatter of the electromagnetic radiation from the emitter.

A surgical frame and method for use thereof is provided. The surgical frame is capable of reconfiguration before, during, or after surgery using a moveable main beam supporting a patient thereon. The surgical frame includes a translating lower beam that is moveable between at least a first lateral position and a second lateral position, and a linkage and/or surgical equipment supportively and moveably attached to the translating lower beam or interconnected with the translating lower beam via the linkage. The linkage and/or the surgical equipment are moveable between a first position at or adjacent a first end of the translating lower beam and a second position at or adjacent a second end of the translating lower beam. The translating lower beam is used to join a first support portion and a second support portion of the surgical frame to one another, and movement of the translating lower beam affords access to a patient receiving area. A linear movement mechanism can be used to facilitate movement of the linkage and/or the surgical equipment along the translating lower beam to avoid interference with the main beam or the translating lower beam.

A support unlocking apparatus, comprising a head holder adaptation mechanism and a clamping mechanism; the head holder adaptation mechanism comprises an adaptation assembly connected to a head holder mechanism and a mounting plate on which the adaptation assembly is mounted; the clamping mechanism is arranged on a head holder fixing mechanism and clamps the mounting plate, the clamping mechanism has an unlocking state and a locking state; when a drag force applied to the head holder adaptation mechanism exceeds a threshold of the clamping mechanism, the clamping mechanism is in the unlocking state, and the mounting plate can move relative to the clamping mechanism, and when the clamping mechanism is in the locking state, the mounting plate is fixed in the clamping mechanism.

A head cradle for supporting a head of a patient during surgery when the patient is in a prone position. The head cradle includes a structural member with a body having a concave profile, a first end and a second end. The body has a forehead portion positioned at the first end for supporting a forehead of a patient and at least one cheek portion for supporting a cheek of the patient. The body includes an aperture defined through the structural member adjacent to the forehead portion between the first end and the second end. The structural member is sized to terminate at a position at or superior to a chin of the patient. A support member is provided to be received by the structural member and to interface with at least a portion of a face of the patient.

Face shield apparatuses used during medical procedures. The apparatuses may include a frame including a first and second curved member. Each of the first and second curved members may include: a first end, a second end, and an outer surface extending between the first and second end. The apparatuses may also include a bridge extending between the first end of the first curved member and the first end of the second curved member, a first rib(s) and second rib(s) rotatably coupled to the outer surface of the first curved member and second curved member, respectively. The rib(s) may extend beyond and substantially parallel to the outer surface of the first and second curved members. Additionally, the apparatuses may further include a first and second extension coupled to the first and second curved members, and a backing component releasably coupled to the first and second extensions.

A patient positioning system configured for positioning and supporting a patient against movement, the positioning system comprising: an arm positioner configured to be positionable about an arm of the patient. The arm positioner has a triangular wedge with a planar base and an angled leg, an end of the triangular wedge of the arm positioner is located to extend between the base of the arm positioner and the angled leg of the arm positioner and configured to abut the arm of the patient. An upper flexible flap extends away from the angled leg of the arm positioner adjacent the end of the triangular wedge; and a lower flexible flap extends away from the base of the arm positioner adjacent the end of the triangular wedge. The upper flexible flap and the lower flexible flap are configured to be oppositely wrapped around the arm of the patient to snugly envelope the arm and secure it relative to the triangular wedge.

A patient positioning system and methods therefore including apparatuses having a base frame assembly operable to position a patient, adjustably-attached attached to a gimbal, wherein the gimbal is rotatable about two or more axes relative to the base frame assembly.

A face cushion includes a hollow-out portion located at a central portion of the face cushion; an inflatable portion having an inner peripheral edge located adjacent to the hollow-out portion, an outer peripheral edge, and two slit edges located between the inner and the outer peripheral edge, with an area between the inner and the outer peripheral edge being divided into a first and a second air bag; a slit section formed between the two slit edges; and a plurality of inflating connections separately connected to the first and the second air bag. The first and the second air bag are inflated alternately with gas supplied from a gas supply device to the inflatable body via different pipelines at different time points to produce on the face cushion a facial configuration similar to a patient's face, allowing different parts of the patient's face to contact with the face cushion intermittently.

Arrangements described herein relate to a headset system and a method to manufacturing the headset system, the headset system including a headset configured to lay on top of a surface and to support a head of a subject when the subject is in a supine position or a reclined position, at least one probe adjustment mechanism, and a probe coupled to the at least one probe adjustment mechanism and configured to emit acoustic energy.

Proposed is a bed for endoscopic examination of the stomach and the large intestine, the bed being configured to enable a distance to a patient to be narrowed in a case of the endoscopic examination of the large intestine and a patient's head to be tilted in a case of the endoscopic examination of the stomach. To this end, the bed may at least include: a central main body configured to support at least a part of the torso and the buttocks of a patient; a lower main body configured to be coupled to the central main body by a pitching shaft at a buttocks side of a patient so that a pitching movement is possible with the central main body as a reference; and a pitching coupling unit configured to allow the lower main body to perform a pitching movement with the central main body as the reference.