Apparatus and method for positioning a body part
AssigneeMedikEquip LLC
InventorHakan Yilmaz
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for positioning a body part of a patient. An apparatus can comprise a portable support structure configured to be placed on a patient support surface under a body part of a patient and retention elements attached to the support structure. At least a portion of the support structure is configured to move from lowered position to a raised position above the lowered position. The retention elements are configured to receive the body part. Each retention element has a holding portion and an open region, and each retention element faces at least partially sideways in a retention position.
Claims17
A method of positioning a body part of a patient, comprising:
- placing a body part in at least two retention elements that are mounted to a portable support structure, each retention element comprising a first retention element and a second retention element, each of which having a holding portion and an open region, and each retention element being movable between a receiving position in which the open region faces upward and a retention position in which the open region faces at least partially sideways, wherein the retention elements are in the receiving position when the body part is placed therein;
- moving the retention elements into the retention position such that the open regions of the first retention elements face inward and the open regions of the second retention elements face outward;
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- raising at least a portion of the portable support structure to thereby raise at least a portion of the body part such that the body part is in a desired position for performing a procedure on the patient.
A method of positioning a body part of a patient, comprising:
- placing a body part in at least two retention elements that are mounted to a portable support structure, each retention element comprising a first retention element and a second retention element, each of which having a holding portion and an open region, and each retention element being movable between a receiving position and a retention position;
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- moving the retention elements into the retention position such that the open regions of the first retention elements face a first direction and the open regions of the second retention elements face a second direction different than the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.