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US 2015/0173932 A1Published application
Pelvic trauma device
OwnerHoward Harcke, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A pelvic trauma device for emergency treatment of pelvic fracture includes two parallel elongated straps or belts that are connected, but are adjusted independently of each other. The two parallel belts include a lower belt and an upper belt. The two parallel belts are independently tensioned to provide: 1) pelvic fracture stabilization (lower belt); and 2) compression over the sacrum and anterior abdomen (upper belt).
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A pelvic trauma device, comprising:
- a first belt and a second belt;
- the first belt including a first elongate strap having a central longitudinal axis and opposing end portions, and a padded enlarged portion having a greater width transverse to the central longitudinal axis than the first elongate strap;
- a first fastener that is disposed at at least one of the opposing end portions of the first belt for maintaining a first tension in the first belt;
- a posterior pad disposed on only a part of the padded enlarged portion of the first belt, the posterior pad including padding in addition to padding of the padded enlarged portion of the first belt, the posterior pad being centered on a longitudinal midpoint of the padded enlarged portion of the first belt;
- a second belt including a second elongate strap having a central longitudinal axis, opposing end portions, and a padded enlarged portion having a greater width transverse to the central longitudinal axis than the second elongate strap , the central longitudinal axes of the first and second elongate straps being parallel;
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- a second fastener that is disposed at at least one of the opposing end portions of the second belt for maintaining a second tension in the second belt, the second tension being independent of the first tension;
- wherein the first and second belts are joined only along a portion of their respective padded enlarged portions, the joined portion being no more than one-half an overall length of a longer one of the padded enlarged portions of the first and second belts.
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A method, comprising:
- (a) providing a pelvic trauma device, the pelvic trauma device including
- a first belt and a second belt;
- the first belt including a first elongate strap having a central longitudinal axis and opposing end portions, and a padded enlarged portion having a greater width transverse to the central longitudinal axis than the first elongate strap;
- a first fastener that is disposed at at least one of the opposing end portions of the first belt for maintaining a first tension in the first belt;
- a second belt including a second elongate strap having a central longitudinal axis, opposing end portions, and a padded enlarged portion having a greater width transverse to the central longitudinal axis than the second elongate strap, the central longitudinal axes of the first and second elongate straps being parallel;
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- a second fastener that is disposed at at least one of the opposing end portions of the second belt for maintaining a second tension in the second belt, the second tension being independent of the first tension;
- wherein the first and second belts are joined along only a portion of their respective enlarged portions;
- (b) placing the lower belt around a greater trochanteric region of a pelvis of a person and tightening the lower belt;
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- (c) placing the upper belt around the person at a level of a sacrum and anterior iliac crests and tightening the upper belt independent of tightening the lower belt.
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A pelvic trauma device, comprising:
- a first belt and a second belt;
- the first belt including a first elongate strap having a central longitudinal axis and opposing end portions, and a padded enlarged portion having a greater width transverse to the central longitudinal axis than the first elongate strap;
- a first fastener that is disposed at at least one of the opposing end portions of the first belt for maintaining a first tension in the first belt;
- a posterior pad disposed on a part of the padded enlarged portion of the first belt, the posterior pad including padding in addition to padding of the padded enlarged portion of the first belt, the posterior pad being located on the padded enlarged portion of the first belt so as to contact a wearer's posterior sacrum;
- a second belt including a second elongate strap having a central longitudinal axis, opposing end portions, and a padded enlarged portion having a greater width transverse to the central longitudinal axis than the second elongate strap , the central longitudinal axes of the first and second elongate straps being parallel;
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- a second fastener that is disposed at at least one of the opposing end portions of the second belt for maintaining a second tension in the second belt, the second tension being independent of the first tension;
- wherein the first and second belts are joined only along a portion of their respective padded enlarged portions, the joined portion being no more than one-half an overall length of a longer one of the padded enlarged portions of the first and second belts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.