Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Restrainers and immobilizers
Patent
1990-01-22
1991-10-15
Hafer, Robert A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Restrainers and immobilizers
128 84R, 269328, 606 87, A61F 537, A61F 504, A61G 1300
Patent
active
050565354
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for adjustable positioning of a patient's leg during a medical procedure has a base which may be attached to an operating table, a pitch/jaw assembly mounted upon the base, a leg extension having a first end mounted upon the pitch/yaw assembly for movement of a second end in horizontal and vertical planes relative to the base, a strap of the like for securement of the lower end portion of the patient's leg, and a brace for fixed positioning of the patient's thigh. In preferred embodiments, a foot brace is rotatably mounted at the second end of the leg extension. Also, the leg extension is pivotable about the base in vertical and/or horizontal planes from a first position toward an adjustment position, the pitch/yaw assembly adapted to return the leg extension toward its first position, and therebeing a lock or the like for securing the leg extension in adjusted position.
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Brown Michael
Hafer Robert A.
Leonard Medical
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