Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Restrainers and immobilizers
Patent
1989-11-29
1990-05-29
Hafer, Robert A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Restrainers and immobilizers
128 87R, 128870, 128846, 5 82R, 5434, 5436, A61F 504, A61G 100, A47C 2108
Patent
active
049287117
ABSTRACT:
There is provided a head immobilizer of the type which can be attached to a rigid backboard support, with the head immobilizer including a base and a pair of laterally extending side support panels. Each of these side support panels further comprises an inner panel and an outer panel, with the inner panel being conformable appropriately to a shape necessary to snugly support a head to be immobilized. The inner panel also includes an opening which effectively divides a portion of that inner panel into a pair of spaced inner support members extending laterally from the base. The outer panel has inner and outer edges, and is hingedly attached adjacent its inner edge to the inner panel such that it is foldable relative the inner panel to provide a substantially rigid brace for securing the inner panel in a desired immobilizing position. The outer panel also includes a cutout portion for providing substantial access to the opening of the inner panel when the inner panel is braced in a desired immobilizing position. The outer panel can be secured in a bracing position relative the inner panel, and the outer panel includes an attachment panel hingedly attached adjacent its outer edge for securing the outer panel in bracing position adjacent the base.
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Hafer Robert A.
Owens Kerry
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