A - Human Necessities – 61 – F
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
F
128/53
A61F 5/00 (2006.01) A61F 5/37 (2006.01) A61F 13/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1086171
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An apparatus for supporting and restraining the head of a patient (typically an infant) during medical treatment, for example, during the delivery of continuous positive airway pressure to a patient suffering from a respiratory disease. The apparatus of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a generally arcuate cradle, a pair of opposed, generally flexible restraining plates pivotably mounted within the cradle for conforming to and positively restraining the patient's head, and adjustable means on the cradle for moving the restraining plates toward one another to a position wherein they will gently, yet firmly, restrain the patient's head Padding of a suitable material (e.g., lamb's wool) lines the interior exposed surfaces of the members and the cradle to cushion the patient's head. The padding may be held within the apparatus by means of cooperating mating strips of velcro. The generally arcuate cradle is mounted in a generally arcuate groove in the upper surface of a base member by means of a suitable clamp which may be loosened to permit the cradle to be rotated until the patient's head is in a desired angular position and which, when tightened, will lock the cradle in the desired angular position.
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Derda Harry
Martin William O.
Case Western Reserve University
Smart & Biggar
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