Patent ID: 6238361
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
An orthopedic apparatus for treating the Legg-Calves Perthes disease comprising:A patient's leg spreading bar,leg attachment devices carried by each end of said bar for attaching said bar to the patient's legs and keeping them spread apart,a leg pulling system mounted on the center of said leg spreading bar to exert a constant pull on the center of said bar in a direction away from the patient; said leg pulling system comprising a post, vertically paced, upper and lower idle pulleys carried by said post, a rope passing over said pulleys and having a first and a second rope end portion, said first rope end portion hanging from said upper pulley, a weight attached to said first rope end portion, said second rope end portion connected to said patient's leg spreading bar at the center thereof, wherein said constant pull on the center of the bar is in a direction generally within the patient's sagital plane;a flat base frame, said post secured to and upstanding from said base frame, said base frame adapted to be inserted under the mattress of a bed with said post upstanding therefrom at the foot of the mattress; said post being pivotally connected to said base frame;and a locking device to lock said post at an adjusted angle relative to said base frame;wherein said base frame has a U-shape defining a bight and two spaced apart legs, said post formed of two spaced parallel members and cross bars interconnecting, said spaced parallel members, said pulleys being rotatably carried by said spaced parallel members and located between the same.