Surgery – Body rests – supports or positioners for therapeutic purpose
Patent
1995-05-31
1997-04-29
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Body rests, supports or positioners for therapeutic purpose
602 32, A61G 1500, A61F 500
Patent
active
056239491
ABSTRACT:
Device for positioning of a patient in an arms-over-head position. This device has a horizontal base which is placed on a horizontal supporting surface such as a floor or patient treatment table, a head positioning member affixed to the base near one end thereof, an upright handlebar supporting member which is secured to the base near another end thereof and extends upwardly from the base, and a handlebar which is adjustably mounted in or on the handlebar support member so that the hand grips on the handlebar may be positioned either closer to or farther from the head positioning member, in accordance with the height and arm length of the patient. The device also may be provided with interchangeable head and neck support members, each having a differently contoured head and neck support surface. The base may therefore be capable of selectively releasably receiving any of the differently contoured head positioning members such that the device may comfortably accommodate patients having different head and neck measurements. In such an embodiment having the ability to be used with differently contoured head positioning members, the handlebars may be either adjustable or fixed relative to the base. This device is useful in medical procedures in which a patient should be precisely and reproducibly positioned in an arms-over-head position.
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