Patent ID: 6092525
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A61F,A61G

Abstract:
A spinal immobilization panel adapted to be attached to a spinal immobilization backboard and to secure an injured person to the backboard, the panel comprising a substantially rectangularly shaped flexible material selected from the group consisting of woven thermoplastic fabrics, woven thermosetting fabrics non-woven thermoplastic fabrics and non-woven thermosetting fabrics, two short straps disposed across the width of the rectangularly shaped flexible material, one of said straps being positioned at or just below where the chest of the patient would be when the patient is secured by the panel to the backboard, and the other of said straps being positioned at or below the hips of the patient when the patient is secured by the panel to the backboard, each of said straps having two ends provided with fastening means adapted to be attached to the backboard; and a pair of spaced-apart long straps disposed across the length of the rectangularly shaped material, each of said long straps being attached along each of the two long edges of the rectangularly shaped material and having two ends provided with fastening means adapted to be attached to the backboard.