Cranial support cushion
OwnerKent J. Dellenbuschinventor
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Abstract
A cranial support cushion configured with a pillow and one or more devices for retaining cables, wires or connectors to instruments. The cranial support cushion is further directed to preventing tilting movement of a patient's head while isolating instrumentation cabling away from the patient resting supine or prone on a surgical table or gurney in a hospital operating room or a patient-monitoring arena. The cranial support cushion may be particularly designed for organizing the cabling leading from or to instrumentation used by an anesthesiologist or other healthcare provider.
Claims15
A cranial support cushion, comprising:
- a pillow having a body, a first surface, a second surface and a third surface;
- and
- a first retaining device attached to the third surface of the pillow.
A method of making a cranial support cushion, comprising:
- providing a pillow having a body, a top surface, a bottom surface and an outside surface, wherein the body of the pillow is configured as a toroid;
- and
- providing a first retaining device configured with a first end portion, a second end portion and a central portion located between the first end portion and the second end portion;
- and
- attaching the central portion of the first retaining device to the outside surface of the pillow.
A method of using a cranial support cushion, comprising:
- attaching a central portion of a first retaining device to an outside surface of a pillow having a toroidal shaped body,
- wherein the body of the pillow is formed with a top surface and a flat bottom surface,
- wherein the central portion the first retaining device is configured between a first end portion and a second end portion, and
- wherein the first retaining device includes means for removably attaching the first end portion to the second end portion;
- and
- securing a first instrumentation cabling within the first retaining device by removably attaching the first end portion to the second end portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.