Patent ID: 8639362
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A pectoral-pocket immobilization device system for a cardiac device implant surgery patient, the cardiac device having leads, the system comprising: a chest band configured to be fit externally around of the upper torso of a patient, the chest band comprising a strap body having a distal surface and a proximal surface and a short end oppositely disposed from a long end, and the proximal surface of the short end having a means for selectively coupling to the long end; an arm cuff configured to be fit around the upper arm of the patient, the arm cuff comprising a cuff body having oppositely disposed arm-cuff ends configured to overlap, wherein the overlap further includes means for selectively coupling the arm-cuff-ends together; a non-resilient adjuster-strap member coupled to the arm cuff at a first strap-end, the strap further having a second strap-end including a strap-fastening means, the second strap-end extending through an adjuster element provided by the upper chest band, the second strap-end configured to selectively couple to the chest band whereby lateral movement of the arm cuff is restricted based on the amount of strap extending between the arm cuff and the adjuster element, the strap member configured to restrict movement of the upper arm relative to the upper torso by means of the arm cuff wherein the adjuster-strap member selectively couples to the chest band from a first operable position representing about 0-degrees (arm extending downward generally parallel to the long axis of the body) to a second operable position representing about 45-degrees rotation in the coronal plane and wherein the arm can be selectively engaged to the chest band by means of the adjuster-strap member at any position between the first and second operable positions; and a wrist cuff configured to selectively secure to a wrist of the upper arm having the arm cuff, the wrist cuff including a rectilinear wrist-body having a first wrist-cuff-end, an opposite second wrist-cuff-end, and means configured to selectively couple the first wrist-cuff-end to the second wrist-cuff-end, the wrist cuff further comprising a fastening means for selectively coupling the wrist cuff to the chest band; wherein the pectoral immobilization device system is configured to be worn post-operatively by the patient 12 to 72 hours after the cardiac device implant surgery and is configured to prevent the cardiac device leads from dislodging post-operatively.