Support hose applicator
OwnerThomas B. McDonnielinventor
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Abstract
A support hose applicator and method for applying and removing elastic tubular material from a limb of a patient comprises a resiliently expandable support ring having rotatable sidewalls, and a mandrel with elongated sidewalls on which the support ring fits. The hose or tubular material is applied to a patient by first pulling an open end of the hose over the mandrel. The support ring is then placed over the hose and mandrel. The hose is then rolled onto the support ring as the support ring is rolled along the mandrel. The hose is applied to a patient by rolling the support ring along the limb of the patient while holding a free end of the hose in place. The support ring comprises a plurality of ring segments rotatably mounted on a resiliently expandable band that is expandable to make the ring larger.
Claims17
A support hose applicator for applying and removing elastic tubular material from a limb of a patient comprises a resiliently expandable support ring having rotatable sidewalls, the support ring having a contracted size wherein elastic tubular material of a predetermined diameter may be rolled onto the support ring on rotation of the ring sidewalls, the support ring having an expanded size wherein the ring and elastic tube rolled thereon are enlarged sufficiently such that the ring can be rolled over a predetermined limb of a patient to unroll the elastic tubes onto the limb.
A support hose applicator for applying and removing elastic tubular material from a limb of a patient comprises a support ring having rotatable sidewalls on which the hose can be rolled, the ring comprising a plurality of ring segments rotatably mounted on a band that retains the segments in the form of a ring, the ring segments having round outer contours and an axial opening therethrough for mounting of the segments on the band.
A method of applying a tubular elastic material to a patient's limb comprising:
- providing an expandable support ring having rotatable sidewalls;
- rolling the elastic material onto the ring;
- inserting the limb into the support ring;
- unrolling the elastic material onto the limb by rolling the ring along the limb with a free end of the tubular material in a fixed position on the limb so as to unroll the tubular elastic material along the limb;
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- removing the support ring from the limb after the elastic material has been unrolled on the limb.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.