Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Restrainers and immobilizers
Patent
1991-10-11
1993-11-23
Hafer, Robert A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Restrainers and immobilizers
128878, 128869, A61B 502
Patent
active
052634973
ABSTRACT:
An improved armboard includes receptacles for receiving and holding a medical device to be used in conjunction with the treatment of a patient. The patient's forearm is immobilized on the armboard, a sensor associated with the medical device is inserted into the patient, with a side channel of the armboard holding the medical device and a cable extending from the sensor to a fiber optic connector received in a modular unit stored in a suitable cavity and optical cable channels extending from opposite ends thereof are appropriately sized to prevent misinsertion of the modular unit into the armboard. The armboard is formed from polystyrene foam, and thus is lightweight, disposable after a single use, and the cavities provided therein are appropriately sized to receive and retain the components of the medical device associated therewith.
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Carey Mary M.
Grabenkort Richard W.
Vurek Gerald G.
Abbott Laboratories
Hafer Robert A.
Rimell Sam
Thibault Harry G.
Wexler Robert E.
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