Patent ID: 6101650
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
An apparatus for positioning a patient's arm relative to a examining or operating table during a medical procedure, said apparatus comprising:a first, main panel portion having a top surface and a bottom surface, a first longitudinal side edge, a second longitudinal side edge, a first end edge and a second end edge;a trough portion for receiving a forearm of a patient, said trough portion including:a first vertical panel having a first longitudinal side edge and a second longitudinal side edge, said first vertical panel extending generally downwardly from said first longitudinal side edge at said first longitudinal edge of said main panel;a support panel extending generally horizontally from said second longitudinal edge of said first vertical panel, generally in parallel to but laterally offset from said main panel, from a first longitudinal side edge thereof at said second longitudinal side edge of said vertical panel to a second longitudinal side edge thereof; anda second vertical panel having a first longitudinal side edge and a second longitudinal side edge, said second vertical panel extending generally upwardly from said first longitudinal side edge thereof at said second longitudinal edge of said support panel, to said second longitudinal edge thereof, said second vertical panel having a height no greater than a height of said first vertical panel.