Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Restrainers and immobilizers
Patent
1993-01-25
1994-10-25
Hafer, Robert A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Restrainers and immobilizers
128845, 128846, 5621, 5624, A61B 1900, A61G 1500, A61G 706
Patent
active
053579828
ABSTRACT:
A patient restraint, especially suited for pediatric patients, for securing and supporting the child during lumbar puncture procedures. A platform base supports the child on its side, acting as a lateral restraint. A padded mid-back support board, fixed to a bottom edge of the platform base, provides support for the lumbar region; an opening in the board provides access to the L4-L5 interspace region of the back. The child is clamped against this support board by a moveable padded abdominal stabilizer which is mounted on the platform base. A cervical support board is hinged to the mid-back support, and is fastened into an angled position to the mid-back support. A padded, triangular knee support is mounted to the base, at a position along a positioning groove which is inwardly angled from the bottom edge of the base, so that as the knee support moves inwardly, it moves upwardly. A child positioned against the mid-back support is secured by clamping the abdominal stabilizer against the child, holding its lower body and pelvis fixed against the mid-back support in proper position to expose the L4-L5 interspace. The spine is then tensioned by bending up the cervical stabilizer, flexing the upper back into the desired curved position, and also raising the knee stabilizer to bend and hold the legs in a bent position, thus approximating the desired fetal position.
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Hafer Robert A.
Norcross Alexander
O'Neill Michael
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