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US 2010/0062391 A1Published application
Positioning device for use with a patient under anesthesia and associated methods
AssigneeHypnoz Therapeutic Devices, Inc.
InventorsApril Christine King, Adrian Pelkus, William J. Mazzei, Warren Gee Young
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Abstract
The present invention provides devices for use with a patient under anesthesia and associated methods. Various embodiments of the present invention include a device for establishing and maintaining a patient's head and/or jaw in a particular position, including the sniffing position. Embodiments also include a method for positioning a patient comprising the use of a device of the present invention, wherein the device may substantially maintain a patient in a desired position.
Claims34
A device comprising:
- a base comprising a first side and a second side, wherein the base is configured to substantially accommodate a patient's head;
- a first support positioned on the first side of the base;
- a second support positioned on the second side of the base;
- a first mandible arm positioned on the first support, wherein the first mandible arm is configured to contact a patient's jaw;
- a second mandible arm positioned on the second support, wherein the second mandible arm is configured to contact a patient's jaw;
- wherein the first mandible arm and the second mandible arm are movable in three axes such that each is positionable to be in contact with a patient's jaw and to maintain a patient in a desired position.
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A device comprising:
- a base comprising a plurality of supports, wherein the base is configured to substantially accommodate a patient's head, wherein each support comprises a mandible arm, wherein each mandible arm is configured to contact a patient's jaw;
- and wherein each mandible arm is movable in three axes such that each mandible arm is positionable to be in contact with a patient's jaw and to maintain a patient in a desired position.
A mandible arm comprising:
- a curved portion, wherein the curved portion is substantially rigid;
- a mandible pad, wherein the mandible pad is flexible, and wherein the mandible pad has a distal side configured to attach to the curved portion and a proximal side configured to contact a patient's jaw at a plurality of points;
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- a connector portion wherein the connector portion is configured to attach to a support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.