Patent ID: 7789842
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An adjustable arm sling for supporting an arm of a patient, the adjustable arm sling comprising a pouch for holding a patient's arm in a wrist up position, the adjustable arm sling having an elbow end for holding the elbow of a patient and a wrist end for holding the wrist of a patient, the pouch configured to be located at the front of a person, a first strap affixed to the wrist end of the pouch to pass over a shoulder and down the back of a patient and having a free end with a connecting device for affixing the free end of the first strap to the clothing of a patient and a second strap affixed to the elbow end of the pouch to pass over the other shoulder and down the back of a patient and having a free end with a connecting device for affixing the free end of the second strap to the clothing of a patient, each of the first and second straps having at least one length adjusting device located between the pouch and the shoulders of a patient to change the length of the first and second straps to selectively and individually adjust the relative locations of the elbow end and the wrist end of the pouch to a wrist up position, the adjustable arm sling further including a front brace having opposed ends affixed to the pouch and extending across a hand of a patient for retaining the hand securely within the pouch and an rear brace having opposed ends affixed to the pouch and extending across the arm for retaining the elbow securely within the pouch.