Patent ID: 6059454
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A portable X-ray cassette holder for containing an X-ray cassette with hold-down means for maintaining a patient's limb and/or the limb extremities in a position on the holder relative to the X-ray cassette without requiring an attendant, said holder comprising:a hollow generally rectangular box-like main body formed of rigid radiolucent autoclavable material having an open end and a central compartment surrounded by contiguous opposed top and bottom walls, opposed side walls, and an end wall;a plurality of longitudinally spaced laterally inward extending slot-like depressions formed along said main body opposed side walls and end wall;said main body sized to receive a patient's limb from the hip or shoulder proximally and/or the limb extremities, and said central compartment sized to contain an X-ray cassette;a generally rectangular end cap removably received on said main body open end to enclose said central compartment;a plurality of clips each sized and shaped to be releasably engaged with a respective said slot-like depression and having band receiving means for releasably receiving and engaging a free end of a resilient band; anda plurality of resilient bands capable of extending across said patient's limb and/or limb extremities and having opposed free ends capable of being releasably engaged with respective pairs of said clips at selective positions to resiliently maintain said limb and/or limb extremities on said main body top wall relative to an X-ray cassette contained in said central compartment during radiation without requiring an attendant, thereby eliminating radiation exposure to the attendant.