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Arm brace for sonographers

US8029452B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

15Claims

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Assignee

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation · US

Inventors

Mark Kliewer · Madison, US
Tim Walker · Allmersbach im Tal, DE
Christopher John Robert Thomas · Lone Rock, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 24, 2007
Grant date	Oct 4, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 17, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/32631
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A support for sonographers provides a path of force transmission from an ultrasound probe to the sonographer's upper arm bypassing the wrist, and thus reducing wrist injuries that can come from the need to tightly grip and restrain an ultrasound probe for long periods of time.

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