Surgical supporting device for the alignment of the foot, ankle, leg, knee, thigh and full leg
OwnerMauricio Villarreal Garzainventor
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Abstract
Providing a surgical support instrument for the alignment of the lower extremities comprising modular elements which provides an excellent and not invasive tool that may allow to obtain a 90 degree angle on the foot's sole vs. full leg (upper thigh, knee, leg, ankle and foot) and vice versa, as well as 90 degrees on the foot's sole vs. lower leg (lower leg, ankle and foot) and vice versa. The term patient's lower extremities alignment mainly refers to, but not exclusively, Ankle, Foot and Knee, and such alignment may help the surgeon to achieve a higher success rate on the surgery procedure.
Claims18
A surgical support device comprising:
- a main leg piece for supporting a leg of a patient in parallel with a center line of weight of the patient, the main leg piece shaped with a shaped hole fully extending through a depth of the main leg piece and configured to be aligned with a substantial entirety of a calf muscle of the leg to direct the calf muscle to pass through the main leg piece and enhance the supporting of the leg in parallel with the center line of weight of the patient;
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- a secondary foot piece extending from said main leg piece and spaced apart from said shaped hole to orient a foot of the patient at about 90° relative the main leg piece.
A surgical method comprising:
- providing a main leg piece of a surgical support device, the main leg piece shaped with a shaped hole fully extending through a depth of the main leg piece and the device further including a secondary foot piece extending from said main leg piece and spaced apart from said shaped hole;
- positioning a leg of a patient on the main leg piece with a substantial entirety of a calf muscle of the leg passing through the space provided by said shaped hole to ensure that the main leg piece is parallel in line with a center line of weight of the patient;
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- aligning a foot of the leg with the secondary foot piece of the surgical support device for orienting the foot at about 90° relative the main leg piece.
A surgical support assembly comprising:
- a main leg piece for supporting a leg of a patient in parallel with a center line of weight of the patient, the main leg piece shaped with a shaped hole fully extending through a depth of the main leg piece and configured to be aligned with a substantial entirety of a calf muscle of the leg to direct the calf muscle to pass through the main leg piece and enhance the supporting of the leg in parallel with the center line of weight of the patient;
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- a secondary foot piece extending from said main leg piece and space apart from said shaped hole to forcibly orient the foot at a predetermined angle relative the main leg piece and the center line of weight of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.