Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1995-01-09
1997-12-02
Lacyk, John P.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128897, A61B 500
Patent
active
056925000
ABSTRACT:
A tool for providing a multidimensional indication of the pain being experienced by a person includes multiple sets of selection indicators and sliding scales, each being indicative of variations of a respective dimension of pain selected from the group consisting of nature, intensity, location, duration, continuity and pain relief. The selection indicators are mounted on the tool in association with pain descriptors, i.e. words, with the selection indicators being adjustable between first and second states indicating whether the associated descriptor describes their pain. Likewise, the slidable scale indicators are adjustable along each of the pain scales to indicate the relative degree of the respective dimension of pain that most closely represents the pain they are experiencing. Finally, the tool displays illustrations of a human body in association with a grid for identifying the location of pain being experienced by the user. The method of the invention includes the steps of providing such a tool, causing a person to adjust the selection indicators and scale indicators to the appropriate positions for accurately describing their pain and observing those indications of pain recorded on the tool.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4844091 (1989-07-01), Bellak
patent: 5018526 (1991-05-01), Gaston-Johannson
Beehner John A.
Lacyk John P.
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