Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Restrainers and immobilizers
Patent
1997-03-21
1998-07-07
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Restrainers and immobilizers
5637, A61B 1900
Patent
active
057753377
ABSTRACT:
The head and neck immobilization device of the present invention includes a U-shaped frame and a snap-fit insert having a sheet of thermoplastic material bonded thereto. The assembled frame and insert are adapted for indexed mounting on a baseplate of a radiation therapy or diagnostic imaging table. Numerous disposable inserts with formed masks for different patients can be used with the single frame.
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Hauger Todd
Kamstra Loren G.
Biotek
Brown Michael A.
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