Apparatus and method for lower limb traction

A lower limb traction system utilizes a perineal post for applying counter-traction and for stabilizing the patient's hips and a traction unit for supporting the leg and for maintaining traction in the leg. The traction unit is moveable along a substantially horizontal arcuate path defined by a...

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Hauptverfasser:	EPSTEIN, ALLAN, LAMB, STEVE R, OREAR, STEVE
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION FUNERAL DEVICES HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	A lower limb traction system utilizes a perineal post for applying counter-traction and for stabilizing the patient's hips and a traction unit for supporting the leg and for maintaining traction in the leg. The traction unit is moveable along a substantially horizontal arcuate path defined by a circumferential guide and having a center of rotation that is selected to be concentric with the center of rotation location of the hip associated with the leg to be placed in traction. Abduction and adduction of a leg is achieved by moving the traction unit along the arcuate path.