Orthosis for the shoulder and arm
AssigneeInnovative Care Ltd.
InventorDavid Ernest Young
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Abstract
An improved orthosis provides mobilization of the shoulder joint and arm in a wide variety of clinically useful positions and also optional controlled movement of the forearm over a selectable range in the vertical plane. The orthosis has waist securing and harness means for securing it to the human body. A rise and fall mount attached to a waistband supports a pivoting slide and a forearm support assembly which includes a hand support. An arrangement of slides and adjustable securing means is so disposed as to allow the shoulder orthosis to be configured rapidly, easily and in a continuously variable manner for rigid, stable immobilization following injury or surgery.
Claims5
An orthosis for immobilizing the shoulder joint and arm of a human patient in selected relative positions comprising attaching means for attaching said orthosis securely to a patient's waist;
- mounting means secured to said attaching means providing a pair of parallel and generally vertical slots;
- an antero-posteriorly extending bracket equipped with releasable securing means extending through said slots for infinite variable positioning of said bracket along said slots;
- said bracket having an antero-posteriorly extending slot;
- an arm support assembly for supporting a patient's arm;
- and slide means adjustably connecting said arm support assembly and said bracket for securing said arm support assembly into any selected position along the length of said bracket slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.