Patent ID: 9314272
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61G

Claim Text:
1. A method for distracting a patient's ankle during surgery comprising the steps of: arranging a patient over a support frame on an operating table; positioning a knee of said patient over a U-shaped support pad disposed on one end of a manual distractor adapted to apply pressure to the popliteal area of a patient's knee when said manual distractor is extended linearly using an operating handle and a compression spring of said manual distractor; securing an ankle of said patient by a foot strap to an end bar of said support frame; compressing said manual distractor operating handle to extend said compression spring and move said patient's knee in a first direction away from said operating table to extend said patient's knee and distract said patient's ankle; and releasing said manual distractor operating handle to release said compression spring to move said patient's knee in a second direction, opposite said first direction and return said patient's knee to an original position after distraction of said patient's ankle.