Jaw thrust support
OwnerJames L. Cotroneoinventor
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Abstract
A jaw thrust support suitable for engaging the angles of the mandible of a patient for accomplishing a jaw thrust maneuver to proved a patient with a patent airway. The device is constructed of polymeric materials suitable for conforming to the angles of the patient's jaw while continuing to provide suitable support to the jaw by distracting the jaw forward away from the patient's head and neck thus distracting the patient's tongue and associated support structures lifting the tongue from the patient's oropharynx and hypopharynx and lifting the epiglottis from in front of the patient's laryngeal opening.
Claims17
A head rest device for use under a patient's head, the device comprising:
- a base having an upper surface suitable for placement under at least a portion of the patient's head and receiving the patient's head thereon;
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- a jaw thrust support having at least two protuberances extending upward from the upper surface of the base for engaging with the patient's mandible at angles of the mandible so that the patient's mandible is thrust out distracting the patient's tongue and associated structures in a direction away from the patient's head and neck, and in so doing, opening the patient's oropharynx and hypopharynx and lifting the patient's epiglottis out from in front of the patient's laryngeal inlet.
A head rest device for use under a patient's head and neck when the patient is on a patient support surface, the device comprising:
- a body having a front end and a rear end, a substantially flattened base surface for resting on the patient support surface, a top surface substantially coplanar with the base surface, an outer side surface extending between the base and top surfaces and a substantially broadly ellipsoidal recess in the top surface for suitable engagement with the occipital region of the patient's head;
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- a jaw thrust support, on the top surface, for positioning at the patient's mandible when the patient's head is resting in the recess, for engaging with the patient's mandible at the angles of the mandible so that the patient's mandible is thrust out in relation to the patient's head and neck distracting the patient's tongue and associated structures in a direction away from the patient's head and neck, and in so doing, opening the patient's oropharynx and hypopharynx and lifting the patient's epiglottis out from in from of the patient's laryngeal inlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.