Surgery patient headrest

Details Surgery patient headrest Surgery patient headrest

1996-03-26

1997-01-28

Meyers, Steven N.

Beds

Support means for discrete portion of user, useable with bed...

For head or neck

5637, 5643, 128869, A47C 2000, A61B 1900

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active

055967809

ABSTRACT:
A headrest which can be used on an operating table to maintain the head of a supine, unconscious patient in steady position for the surgeon to conduct an operation is described. The headrest has a low profile to provide maximum unobstructed access to the top, forehead, sides and face of the head. The headrest includes two, tapered, elongated lobes rigidly spaced apart in a V-shape configuration which allows one headrest to fit many different size heads. In use, the patient's head is wedged at points of tangency between the lobes. The V-shape configuration also permits the surgeon to easily adjust the head position to a new, steady position with only minor head movement, and therefore, reduced risk of dislodging the patient's breathing tube.

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