Leg immobilizing apparatus for arthroscopic surgery

Abstract

A leg immobilizing apparatus especially useful in connection with arthroscopic knee surgery wherein the surgeon views the knee on a television screen. A flat bar member is extended across an operating table and is secured to horizontally extending rail members customarily provided on operating tables. Depending clamps from the bar member are releasably secured to the rail members. The patient's leg which is to be operated upon is cradled by a pair of plates carried by the bar member and angularly disposed thereto. A specially designed sphygmomanometer constitutes a tourniquet member and applies a known pressure to the thigh of the patient. The design permits the tourniquet member to be secured to the leg cradling apparatus. A strap resembling an automobile safety belt is anchored to the leg cradling apparatus and provides a supplementary leg holder. The patient is customarily electrically grounded and the apparatus is provided with an electrically insulating coating.

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