Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Restrainers and immobilizers
Patent
1989-02-08
1990-04-17
Johnson, Richard J.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Restrainers and immobilizers
2DIG7, A61F 537
Patent
active
049171097
ABSTRACT:
A patient restraint garment, which is quickly applied to or removed from a patient and which is substantially non-defeatable by the patient, is disclosed which comprises: a flexible panel having an opening to receive the head and neck of a patient thereby forming front and rear portions covering the upper torso of the patient; tying straps attached to the bottom corners of the front portion of the panel for engagement with at least one of a plurality of loops attached to the bottom region of the rear portion of the panel, to connect and snug the bottom regions of the front and rear portions of the panel about the patient, prior to securing the tying straps to a structure out of reach of the patient, at least one side strap extending laterally from each side of the front portion of the panel, at chest level, which straps have fastening means thereon for engagement with a portion of a receiving means attached to the upper back region of the rear portion of the panel to create custom-fit, adjustable arm holes for each patient and to connect and snug the chest region and the upper back region of the front and rear portions respectively of the panel about the patient; and a downwardly extending flap attached to the rear portion of the panel above the receiving means, which flap has fastening means for subsequent engagement with another portion of the receiving means, thereby covering the engaged side straps, preferably in a snugging relationship with the engaged side straps, to provide a locking means for the engaged side straps out of reach of the patient.
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Cofsky Lynda M.
Johnson Richard J.
R. R. Ruge, Inc.
Witt Robert E.
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