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US 4,055,171 AGranted
Splint
AssigneeEdward M. Ring
InventorDouglas A. Ries
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Abstract
A surgical splint for use in suspending the arm of a patient during axillary or chest area surgery, in different elevated positions, comprising a hooked support secured to the operating table for vertical adjustment, with slipping chain means suspending from the support a padded arm splint formed of channelled upper arm and forearm sections hinged together, to be strapped to the arm, and means to prevent the arm from slipping lengthwise from the splint.
Claims14
In a surgical splint to suspend a patient's arm during operations, the combination of:
- an elongated splint member of relatively stiff material resistant to longitudinal collapse, having a forearm portion of length to extend along the forearm from adjacent the wrist of the patient to adjacent the elbow;
- means to secure the patient's arm to the forearm portion of the splint member against slippage longitudinally of the member when the member with the arm is raised;
- at least one elongated flexible connector attached at one end to the splint adjacent the wrist end and attached at its other end to the splint member adjacent the elbow end thereof;
- a suspending support extending above the splint and vertically adjustable, the support having a hanger element onto which the connector is hung, and across which the connector may be moved to change the ratio of the distance along the connector from the hanger to the elbow relative to the distance from the hanger to the wrist, as the suspending support is raised and lowered without raising the body of the patient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.