Combination compact pelvic binder and climbing harness
OwnerIshmael L. Antonioinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing a pelvic binder in operative combination with a climbing harness. Thigh loop strap portions of a climbing harness system are detachable from the harness belt portion for separate alternative use as an emergency pelvic binder for a patient suspected or diagnosed with pelvic fracture. The thigh strap portions are provided with features and components to facilitate its use as a functional pelvic binder, while nevertheless allowing it to serve as a component of a climbing harness in alternative, ordinary, use.
Claims4
A method for combining a climbing harness and pelvic binder comprising releasably connecting a thigh straps portion to a harness belt portion to provide a sitting harness, and further comprising:
- providing the thigh straps portion with two thigh strap loops, each strap loop having an effective circumference and a free end;
- engaging the free end of each strap loop through a respective one of at least two adjustment buckles;
- releasably disposing the thigh straps portion and the harness belt portion about a user's waist;
- upon encountering a need for an emergency pelvic binder, disconnecting the thigh straps portion from the harness belt portion;
- adjusting the effective circumference of each of the thigh strap loops to be greater than the circumference of a patient's pelvis;
- placing both thigh strap loops circumferentially around the patent's pelvis;
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- pulling upon the free ends of the thigh strap loops to actuate the adjustment buckles to reduce the effective circumference of each thigh strap loop;
- thereby applying circumferentially a compressive force to stabilize the patent's pelvis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.