Patent ID: 11963734
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
securing an arm sleeve to an arm board of an operating table, the operating table having a longitudinal axis, the arm board comprising a flat, rigid board having a longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the operating table, the arm sleeve comprising:
a top side comprising a first rectangular flexible material having a proximal end, a distal end, a left edge, and a right edge, the left edge and the right edge of the top side extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the arm board between the proximal end and the distal end of the top side of the arm sleeve, the top side having a first length and a first width; and
a bottom side comprising a second rectangular flexible material having a proximal end, a distal end, a left edge, and a right edge, the left edge and the right edge of the bottom side extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the arm board between the proximal end and the distal end of the bottom side of the arm sleeve, the left edge of the bottom side having a closed connection to the left edge of the top side, and the right edge of the bottom side fastenable to the right edge of the top side and openable; and

changing the arm sleeve between a first state and a second state, the first state in which the left edge of the bottom side has the closed connection to the left edge of the top side and the right edge of the bottom side is fastened to the right edge of the top side, such that the arm sleeve receives an arm of a patient that is resting on the arm board while the body of the patient is lying on the operating table, the second state in which the left edge of the bottom side has the closed connection and the right edge of the bottom side is partially or fully open from the right edge of the top side, such that the arm sleeve allows access to at least a portion of the arm of the patient that is resting on the arm board while the body of the patient is lying on the operating table.