Apparatus for mechanically holding, maneuvering and maintaining

Details Apparatus for mechanically holding, maneuvering and maintaining Apparatus for mechanically holding, maneuvering and maintaining

1994-12-02

1997-07-08

Brown, Michael A.

Surgery

Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants

128882, 602 32, A61F 537

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056450796

ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a novel and unique orthopedic apparatus for holding, maneuvering and maintaining a body part of a patient during orthopedic surgery. The orthopedic apparatus provides for assisting the primary surgeon during orthopedic surgery by holding, maneuvering and maintaining a patient's leg, thereby eliminating any assistant surgeon in the surgery operation. The orthopedic apparatus is capable of independently accomplishing transverse sliding, up-and-down tilting, lateral swinging, longitudinal extension/retraction, and axial rotation so that the surgeon can properly positioned a patient's leg for the orthopedic operation. The orthopedic apparatus has self-locking gear mechanisms to hold the various sections of the orthopedic apparatus in position to thereby hold the patient's leg in the proper position throughout the surgical operation. The orthopedic apparatus can be mechanically, electrically or hydraulically driven to adjust the orthopedic apparatus, so that the surgeon can position the patient's leg with great accuracy during surgery.

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