Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Restrainers and immobilizers
Patent
1989-09-05
1990-07-17
Hafer, Robert A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Restrainers and immobilizers
128854, 128855, 128DIG6, A61N 100
Patent
active
049414798
ABSTRACT:
A protecting and restraining apparatus for use in applying an intravenous or catheter system to an extremity of the body for substantially immobilizing the extremity while permitting continued intravenous or catheter system operation comprising: an elongated flexible sheet member adapted to be wrapped about and encompass the arm, the sheet member further comprising a main base portion and a plurality of straps integrally formed with and transversely depending from the main base portion at a marginal longitudinal edge of the main base portion, each of the straps being connected to its adjacent straps at selective points along confronting marginal transverse edges of the adjacent straps; a flexible sleeve member being pivotally attached to a first surface of the sheet member coextensively along one marginal longitudinal edge of the sleeve member so as to allow pivoting of the sleeve member toward and away from the first surface of the sheet member, the sleeve being adapted to accept and retain a stiffener member by being open at at least one end; and, a fastener positioned near the longitudinal marginal edge of the straps for adhering to the second surface of the sheet member, thereby allowing selective tightening of the apparatus.
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Carroll Terry
Miller Sam
Russell John P.
Bode George A.
Hafer Robert A.
Infection Control Products, Inc.
Rooney Kevin G.
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