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US 5,327,912 AGranted
X-ray poser
OwnerMitchell R. Mallyinventor
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Abstract
An appliance in which a patient's forearm and hand can be secured by straps at a prescribed angle that will enable X-ray pictures to be made at a specific angular relationship each time a X-ray is made so that the physician can evaluate the patients condition and changes in the patient's condition over a treatment period.
Claims13
A device for positioning and holding a patient's joint for radiographic comprising:
- a stationary platform including a generally horizontal base plate having an upper and a lower surface,
- a pair of slide bars extending upwardly from the upper surface of said base plate,
- said slide bars being parallel to each other and each having a horizontal groove formed therein,
- said horizontal grooves opening toward each other;
- a carriage including a pair of slide rails received in and slidable along said horizontal grooves to slidably mount said carriage on said stationary platform,
- said carriage having a longitudinal axis and being elongated in its longitudinal direction, said slide bars being mounted on said base plate such that they extend perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said carriage such that the carriage slides normal to its longitudinal axis,
- said carriage including a horizontal section that includes restraining mechanism adapted to restrain a portion of a patient's extremity adjacent a joint, and
- an inclined section, formed integral and rigid with said horizontal section, including restraining mechanism adapted to restrain another portion of a patient's extremity on the other side of said joint such that said portions of the patient's extremity are restrained at a selected fixed angle.
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A device for restricting the portions of a patient's extremity on both sides of a joint to a preselected position and attitude for radiographic purposes comprising:
- a stationary platform including a generally horizontal base plate having an upper and a lower surface,
- a pair of slide bars extending upwardly from the upper surface of said base plate,
- said slide bars being parallel to each other,
- a carriage including a pair of slide rails, said slide bars and slide rails each including cooperating slide mechanism that function to slidably mount said carriage on said stationary platform,
- said carriage including a horizontal section that includes restraining mechanism adapted to restrict a portion of a patient's extremity adjacent a joint at a preselected position and attitude on said horizontal section such that in subsequent uses of said device the patient's extremity will be restricted to the same preselected position and attitude,
- an inclined section, formed integral and rigid with said horizontal section, including restricting mechanism adapted to restrict another portion of a patients extremity on the other side of said joint to a preselected position and attitude, and
- said stationary platform including a film receiving compartment located below the lower surface of said generally horizontal base plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.