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Patient limb positioning apparatus

US4807618A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 23, 1987
Grant dateFeb 28, 1989
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Expiry dateJan 23, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61G13/1245
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus useful in surgery for holding part of a patient's body such as a limb, portion of a limb, extremity organ or tissue in a number of different positions required by a surgeon for the performance of a surgical procedure, and for establishing a sterile barrier between a surgical site and a patient's limb while the limb is being grasped by a limb positioning apparatus.

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