Surgical Extremity Position Supporting Device
OwnerDustin D. Poole, Thomas Stillingsinventors
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Abstract
Disclosed is a disposable sterile device for supporting the position of an extremity during surgery. The device comprises a base and a support panel. The support panel is for receiving a limb of a patient thereon. The top surface of the support panel is transversely concave whereby, upon the reception of the limb thereon, the contour of the limb substantially matches with that of the upper surface of the support panel. The support panel is disposed in operative communication with the base whereby, the support panel is, with respect to the base, adapted to be longitudinally adjustably inclined and elevated. The support panel is further adapted to be transversely tiltable.
Claims22
A sterile surgical extremity position supporting device comprising a base and a support panel for receiving a limb of a patient thereon, the top surface of the support panel being transversely concave whereby, upon the reception of the limb thereon, the contour of the limb substantially matches with that of the upper surface of the support panel, the support panel disposed in operative communication with the base whereby, the support panel is, with respect to the base, adapted to be longitudinally adjustably inclined, adjustably elevated or both adjustably elevated and inclined;
- the support panel further adapted to be transversely tiltable.
A sterile surgical extremity position supporting device comprising:
- (a) a base comprising a reservoir accessible via a plurality of reservoir openings;
- (b) a support panel for receiving a limb of a patient thereon, the top surface of the support panel being transversely concave whereby, upon the reception of the limb thereon, the contour of the limb substantially matches with that of the upper surface of the support panel, the support panel disposed in operative communication with the base whereby, the support panel is, with respect to the base, adapted to be longitudinally adjustably inclined and elevated, the support panel further adapted to be transversely tiltable, the top surface of the support panel comprising a plurality of parallel transverse grooves for collecting fluid, upon the transverse tilt of the support panel, the collected fluid from the grooves is in turn collected within the reservoir, the support panel further comprising a plurality of transverse adjustable straps for securing the limb thereto;
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- (c) a connector assembly connecting the base and the support panel, the connector assembly comprising:
- (i) a hinge joint comprising:
- (1) a hinge member extending downwardly from a longitudinal extremity of bottom surface of the support panel;
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- (2) a hinge receptacle disposed at an extremity of the top surface of the base, the hinge receptacle adapted to receive the hinge member therewithin thereby forming the hinge joint, which facilitates the angular displacement of the support panel about the hinge joint, the hinge joint configured to be compliant to the transverse tiltable motion of the support panel;
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- (ii) a planar connector comprising:
- (1) a planar top member, the top extremity of which is adapted to engage the bottom surface of the support panel;
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- (2) a planar bottom member, the bottom extremity of which is adapted to engage the top surface of the base;
- the top and bottom members being hingedly secured to one another whereby, upon the connector engaging the base and the support panel, the support panel is tiltable about the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.