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US 4,071,031 AGranted
Inflatable leg elevator with means for applying thermal treatment
OwnerThomas Lowmaninventor
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Abstract
The invention comprises a limb support having upper, middle and lower sections. The upper section includes two compartments for receiving a fluid or ice and forming a trough to receive a limb of the patient. The middle section is in the form of an inflatable compartment for adjusting the height of the unit. The lower section includes three triangular-shaped compartments for adjusting the angle at which the unit is to be rested.
Claims6
A body limb elevator and support comprising:
- a. a plurality of air and water-tight sections in the form of compartments made of flexible material and being sealed from each other;
- b. the support including an upper section and a lower section;
- c. said upper section having a trough formed therein;
- d. said lower section having upper and lower substantially parallel walls and being divided into at least two separate compartments;
- e. means for inserting fluid into said at least two separate compartments;
- f. said at least two separate compartments being formed substantially triangular in cross-section, a wall between two of said at least two separate compartments being inclined upwardly from said lower wall of the support and contacting a compartment thereabove;
- whereby when one of said separate compartments has fluid therein and another of said separate compartments is substantially free of fluid, the support and trough will tilt;
- and when all of said separate compartments are substantially full of fluid the support will be substantially horizontal.
5 more elements
A body limb elevator and support comprising:
- a. a plurality of air and water-tight sections in the form of compartments made of flexible material and being sealed from each other;
- b. the support including at least an upper section and a lower section;
- c. said upper section having a trough formed therein;
- d. said lower section being divided into three separate compartments;
- e. said three separate compartments being formed with triangular cross-sections;
- f. wherein one of said three compartments has a bottom extending substantially the length and width of the support and having a pair of inclined walls having an apex substantially in the center of the length of the support, said inclined walls forming a wall of the other two of said three compartments;
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- g. means for inserting a fluid in at least some of said compartments.
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A body limb elevator and support comprising:
- a. a plurality of air and water-tight sections in the form of compartments made of flexible material and being sealed from each other;
- b. the support including at least an upper section and a lower section;
- c. said upper section including a pair of compartments forming a trough therein;
- d. said lower section including three compartments having triangular cross-sections;
- e. a third section being a middle section between said upper and lower sections and being in the form of a single compartment;
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- f. means for inserting a fluid in at least some of said compartments.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.