Patent ID: 8369933
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61G

Abstract:
1. An arm board for use in a radial cardiac catheterization procedure comprising: a planar member having a support surface on which an-arm of a patient can be stabilized during a radial cardiac catheterization procedure through the arm, wherein the planar member is shaped and dimensioned to support the arm in a plane with the body of the patient when the patient is lying in a supine position with a portion of the planar member positioned underneath the patient, wherein the planar member comprises at least one radiolucent portion which is positioned in the planar member to permit x-ray imaging of the patient when the planar member is underneath the patient, and at least one radiopaque portion which has an area lateral to at least a portion of an area of the at least one radiolucent portion and which provides radiation attenuation effective to reduce a doctor's exposure to radiation from the x-ray imaging when the doctor is performing the radial cardiac catheterization procedure on the patient.