Patent ID: 6675418
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A self-assisting post surgical device for patients that have some type of surgery which affects the abdominal region which allows them to gradually raise themselves from a supine position to a sitting position and vice-versa, said device comprisinga first gripping section having a series of individual wood or plastic members flexibly linked together so as to allow a user to haul himself or herself up to a sitting position by grasping, consecutively, said individual members and pulling oneself upright, swivels driven into each member to firmly attach it thereto, and said swivels being linked from one member to another so as to provide substantial universal flexibility to said device when being used, a second section of said device having an adjustable portion thereof whereby the device may be anchored on a patient's bed or portions thereof to provide a firm attachment, and said second section being flexibly attached to said first gripping section.