System, apparatus, and method for providing peripheral intravenous access
OwnerBen Persons Bradenham, JR.inventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for stabilizing a limb against flexion around a joint of the limb is disclosed. The apparatus has a joint member having an intermediate portion disposed between a first end portion and a second end portion of the joint member, a first movable member removably attachable to the first end portion, and a second movable member removably attachable to the second end portion. The intermediate portion is configured to receive the joint. The second end portion is angled from the first end portion at a joint angle that is opposite to a flexion direction of the limb about the joint.
Claims20
An apparatus for stabilizing a limb against flexion around a joint of the limb, comprising:
- a joint member having an intermediate portion disposed between a first end portion and a second end portion of the joint member;
- a first movable member removably attachable to the first end portion;
- and
- a second movable member removably attachable to the second end portion;
- wherein the intermediate portion is configured to receive the joint;
- and
- wherein the second end portion is angled from the first end portion at a joint angle that is opposite to a flexion direction of the limb about the joint.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a joint of a limb in an intermediate portion of a joint member, the intermediate portion disposed between a first end portion and a second end portion of the joint member, and the second end portion being angled from the first end portion at a joint angle;
- positioning the joint member so that the joint angle is opposite to a flexion direction of the limb about the joint;
- removably attaching a first movable member, which has a first tapered portion, to the first end portion;
- removably attaching a second movable member, which has a second tapered portion, to the second end portion;
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- forming an aperture at the joint with the first tapered portion and the second tapered portion so that the joint is visible through the aperture.
An apparatus for stabilizing an arm against flexion around an elbow of the arm, comprising:
- a joint member having an intermediate portion disposed between a first end portion and a second end portion of the joint member;
- a first movable member removably attachable to the first end portion, the first movable member having a first tapered portion;
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- a second movable member removably attachable to the second end portion, the second movable member having a second tapered portion;
- wherein the intermediate portion is configured to receive the elbow;
- wherein the second end portion is angled from the first end portion at a joint angle that is opposite to a flexion direction of the arm about the elbow;
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- wherein the first tapered portion and the second tapered portion form an aperture when the first movable member is attached to the first end portion and the second movable member is attached to the second end portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.