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US 2006/0150983 A1Published application
Pressure ulcer prosthesis and method for treating and/or preventing pressure ulcers
AssigneeViater Pty Ltd
InventorsDavid Huber, Craig Andrews
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Abstract
A pressure ulcer prosthesis (10) having an elongated body (11) to support a patient's limb. The body (11) has a longitudinally extending support surface (13) that is arcuate and concave in transverse cross section. A distal end (12) having a surface (18) extends away from the surface (13) so as to diverge therefrom so that a portion of the limb adjacently surface (18) is released from pressure.
Claims30
A pressure ulcer prosthesis comprising an elongate body to support a patient's limb, said body having:
- a longitudinal axis and a longitudinally extending support surface adapted to receive an underside of a limb, said support surface in transverse cross-section being arcuate and concave;
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- a distal end with a further surface extending from the support surface so as to diverge from the longitudinal axis such that a portion of the limb adjacent the further surface is relieved from pressure.
A prosthesis for treating or preventing pressure ulcers in a lower leg of a patient, the prosthesis comprising:
- (a) body means, comprising an elongate body, for supporting the lower leg such that, when the patient is supine on a substantially horizontal surface, (a) a foot of the lower leg is suspended with a lateral malleolus and calcaneus of the foot prevented from coming into contact with the substantially horizontal surface or the body means, and (b) the foot is suspended above the substantially horizontal surface at a height that is the same as or lower than a height at which a knee of the lower leg is disposed above the substantially horizontal surface, the elongate body having a longitudinal axis and a longitudinally extending support surface, said support surface in traverse cross-section being arcuate and concave, said elongate body having a distal end with a further surface extending from the support surface so as to diverge from the longitudinal axis, and
- (b) means for securing the elongate body to the lower leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.