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Patent
1983-06-20
1985-07-16
Watson, Robert C.
Work holders
Miscellaneous
A61G 1300
Patent
active
045291853
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention refers to a table destined to patients under routine proctological examinations, ambulatorial anal surgeries, made up to minimize the intrinsic difficulties to such clinical or surgical activities, which inhibit patients and restrict and weary the specialist physician who will conduct the examination.
BACKGROUND ART
The use of classical tables bring up two main kinds of difficulties: the ones related to patients and those related to the specialist doctor. Patients' difficulties refer to the positions they are submitted to in order to be examined, such as: the genupectoral (knee-shoulder) position, the lithotomy position and Sims' or left lateral position. The first two bring up discomfort and vexation to patients, and aged patients feel bad exhausted soon. The third position is favorable to patients but unfavorable to the examiner doctor, who finds it difficult to keep patients positioned under real adequate conditions to be examined, thus, having the examiner doctor little mobility for examining, due to the classic couch that restricts his acting. Moreover, when submitted to the above mentioned positions, due to vexation or conflict sensations, patient do not allow being positioned correctly, with the necessary flexion of the vertebral column, causing, then, discomfort to the examiner physician, which stand for another kind of difficulties.
As to Sims' position, patients as well the conventional couch may become unsuitable to the examiner ease. Thence, it follows that such difficulties restrict the possibilities of good proctological examinations.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
The present invention is a table which leg sections are split lengthwise, so as presenting two components with independent mobility which are associated to the basis of the table by means of hinges around which they hinge on, and are kept still in certain desired positions by means of supporting rods which fit into grooves on the side of the basis of the table. The leg sections rest on two vertical components which stand for greater stiffness of the whole set. The table has a chest basis with cabinets and drawers for keeping medical instrumentary, reducing, then, room problems in the doctor's office.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
An embodiment of the invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIGS. 1 and 2 are, respectively, a front elevation and a plant views of the table for medical examination having one component of the leg section on the normal level of the couch while the other is with the inclination obtained by means of the supporting rods, and the vertical support elements are set apart of their respective leg sections in order to permit better visualization;
FIG. 3 is a lateral view of the medical examination table, showing the leg sections disposed on the normal level of the table, and the vertical components are detached in order to allow better visualization of the grooves, into which the support rods fit;
FIG. 4 is a plant view of the vertical elements joined by means of hinges and endowed with support on which the leg sections rests; and
FIG. 5 is a front elevation view of the vertical elements folded in the middle, supporting one of the leg sections while the other is folded down.
BEST MODE OF CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
FIGS. 1 and 2 show that the mattress of the medical examination couch (2) is continuous up to the leg sections (3) and (4) which are associated to the basis (5) of the table by means of hinges (10). Under the matress (2), there is the table chest basis (5) with cabinets (1) and drawers (7), which can be either conventional or of circular motion.
FIG. 3 shows that, under the leg sections (3) and (4), we have the supporting rods (11) that fit into the grooves in the guiderails (12) in order to fix the leg sections (3) and (4) in the desired position. FIGS. 4 and 5 show that the vertical components (8) endowed with supports (9) are joined through hinges (6) offering independent motion to each leg
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