Eric E Cox

US Patent:

8516639, Aug 27, 2013

Filed:

Dec 10, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/965076

Inventors:

Ed Mobley - Knoxville TN, US
Eric Cox - Knoxville TN, US
Tracy Thompson - Knoxville TN, US

International Classification:

A61G 7/07

US Classification:

5640, 5636

Abstract:

A surgical support system including a positioning pillow to support a patient in a lateral position on an operating table. The positioning pillow includes a head supporting surface having an opening to accommodate an ear of the laterally positioned patient and a channel intersecting the opening to accommodate an eye of the laterally positioned patient, a shoulder supporting surface disposed adjacent to the head supporting surface and oriented substantially perpendicular to the head supporting surface to accommodate a shoulder of the laterally positioned patient, and a bottom surface disposed opposite to the head supporting surface and adjacent to the shoulder supporting surface, the head supporting surface being angled relative to the bottom surface to align the patient's thoracic and cervical spine at a predetermined angle with respect to the operating table when the patient's head is positioned on the head supporting surface in the lateral position.

US Patent:

20160030266, Feb 4, 2016

Filed:

Oct 14, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/883168

Inventors:

- Knoxville TN, US
Edward Mobley - Knoxville TN, US
Eric Cox - Knoxville TN, US

International Classification:

A61G 13/12

Abstract:

An adjustable positioning roll including a support portion having a support side and a substantially flat base surface, and one or more separately formed base portions, or elevating portions, configured to have a substantially same length and width as the flat base surface, the one or more base portions being detachably coupled to the flat base surface of the support portion.

US Patent:

20150223622, Aug 13, 2015

Filed:

Feb 7, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/175472

Inventors:

Edward Mobley - Knoxville TN, US
Eric Cox - Knoxville TN, US
Tracy Thompson - Knoxville TN, US

International Classification:

A47G 9/10

Abstract:

A universal pillow to accommodate a head of a patient in a prone and in a supine position, including a support surface having a frontal/parietal support portion, a mental/occipital support portion, and two side portions extending between respective ends of the frontal/parietal and mental/occipital support portions, a recessed head receiving portion, provided in the support surface, configured to be lower than the frontal/parietal support portions, mental/occipital support portions, and side portions, and having an opening configured to receive at least a portion of a face of the patient, and a bottom surface disposed opposite to the support surface

US Patent:

20140359944, Dec 11, 2014

Filed:

Jun 5, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/297181

Inventors:

Tracy Thompson - Knoxville TN, US
Edward Mobley - Knoxville TN, US
Eric Cox - Knoxville TN, US

International Classification:

A61G 7/07
A47G 9/10

US Classification:

5636, 5630

Abstract:

An adjustable positioning roll including a support portion having a support side and a substantially flat base surface, and one or more separately formed base portions, or elevating portions, configured to have a substantially same length and width as the flat base surface, the one or more base portions being detachably coupled to the flat base surface of the support portion.