Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1986-12-11
1991-04-16
Hafer, Robert A.
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
128870, A61F 502
Patent
active
050074130
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to a supporting device for use in first aid to persons injured by accidents or the like, particularly in cases of neck and/or back injuries, comprising a main part primarily adapted to be arranged centrally along the back of the person and provided with fastening means for mounting around the abdominal and chest area of the person, preferably also around the head and/or the neck, said main part with fastening means being mainly made of a flexible material and the main part comprising an elongate supporting member, in particular for supporting the back and/or the neck.
Especially in traffic accidents many neck or back injuries occur. These injuries result from traffic accidents in particular by serious collisions or when a car is hit by another from the rear. The body of the person is usually held by seat belts whereas the head and the neck are free. By a very sudden deceleration the head will be thrown abruptly and with a strong force forwardly in a front collision, and correspondingly in the backward direction when a car is hit from behind. These sudden and uncontrolled movements very often will result in neck injuries. There may also be caused injuries in the spinal column below the neck, in particular by very powerful front collisions or when a car is hit by another from the side.
Also when carrying out various work operations there may be neck and back injuries, for example in fall accidents, collapsing of constructions and the like. Injuries of this, kind may also result from sport and athletic activities.
If there is any suspicion to the effect that an injured person has back or neck injuries, an attempt must be made to bring the person to treatment without subjecting the neck and the back to significant flexing. This of course may represent big problems, for example if an injured person is clamped in a damaged car, underneath building parts, avalanche masses and the like. After such accidents there will often only be present persons being relatively unskilled in medicine, and it will be necessary for these persons to flex and pull the injured person so as to have him loosened from the parts or mass in which he is clamped. Under such circumstances an injured person may easily get additional and more serious injuries during the rescue operation, than from the actual accident A high degree of flexing and twisting of an injured back or spinal column may easily result in paralysis.
When giving first aid to such injured persons it is therefore important to have at hand aiding means which may prevent the back from being flexed or twisted to a undue extent.
There are known supporting members for the neck and back of persons having been injured. From Published German Patent Application No. 2,038,769 for example, there is known a rigid supporting rod which by means of flexible bands or belts may be attached to the head and to the upper part of the body. Other examples of such supporting arrangements are found in Published German Patent Application No. 2,017,126 . For a very specific type of therapeutic treatment there is known, from Published German Patent Application No. 21 43 781, a broad textile belt having pockets at the back portion for accommodating supporting elements This known device, however, is not intended for nor suitable for use in first aid operations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to substantial improvements in such devices, inter alia so as to make possible and more easy complete and accurate X-ray investigations of a patient having back or neck injuries after an accident.
This is obtained according to the invention, in a supporting device as stated above, by the provision of a supporting member consisting of a flat metal rod being arranged detachably and insertable at or in the main part.
In addition to being advantageous in connection with X-ray investigations, the device according to the invention involves advantages also with respect to a secure and stable supporting effect for the patient without having any discomfort or nuisance fro
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Hafer Robert A.
Rooney Kevin G.
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