......DE....FRGB....................................................................................JDIM360 Ver 2.41 (21 Oct 2013) - 1620000/02722029EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA320140702EP13193216.22006041120131115enenen670027 P20050411US670040 P20050411US670041 P20050411US22975920050919US720598 P20050926US2014070220142720140423201417A61G 13/12 20060101AFI20140527BHEP A61G 13/10 20060101ALI20140527BHEP deKopfstützenvorrichtung für WirbelsäulenoperationenenHead support apparatus for spinal surgeryfrAppareil de support de tête pour chirurgie spinale206740819.5187425320060411Allen Medical Systems, Inc.101168045P/53266.EP02/GH1069 State Road 46 EastBatesville, IN 47006USSkripps, Thomas K.60 Nashoba RoadActon, MA 01720USFindlay, Alice Rosemary101251662Reddie & Grose LLP 16 Theobalds RoadLondon WC1X 8PLGBDEFRGB20140702201427

An apparatus comprising a head support (114) including a shell (140)having an upwardly facing concave interior surface (142) contoured to accommodate a patient's face, the shell having a cutout (160) in a region thereof that corresponds to a patient's eyes, nose and mouth, and a relatively flat foam pad (120) having a cutout (178) in a region thereof that corresponds to a patient's eyes, nose and mouth, the foam pad (120) moving from a flat state into a curved state as it moves down into the shell (140) under the weight of a patient's head.

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