Surgery – Body rests – supports or positioners for therapeutic purpose
Patent
1992-07-13
1994-03-01
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Body rests, supports or positioners for therapeutic purpose
128DIG20, 602 24, 5624, 5648, A61G 1500, A61F 500, A47B 700
Patent
active
052898288
ABSTRACT:
An abduction pillow used to immobilize a patient's legs after hip surgery has a wedge-shaped body constructed of a resilient deformable material which positions the legs in a forgiving, fixed divergent position. The body is wedge-shaped and preferably air filled, and has a pair of opposing sides which taper outwardly in a divergent manner from a narrow anterior end adapted to be located adjacent the groin area of a patient, toward a wider distal end. The body has an upper surface which inclines downwardly from the distal end toward the anterior end. A longitudinal arcuate recess is formed in the upper inclined surface and has a depth sufficient to support one of the patient's legs. The vertical distance between a plane in which the other of the patient's legs lies and the bottom of the longitudinal arcuate recess, is equal to the width of the wedge-shaped body at any transverse plane taken through the pillow. This dimensional relationship insures that the patient's legs and hips remain immobilized and at a constant spaced relationship even after the patient is turned onto either side.
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