Patent ID: 8919346

Claim:
A forearm and hand positioning device for use on a support including a cath arm board to secure the forearm and hand of a patient in a stable position while the patient undergoes a radial artery accessed cardiac catheterization, the device comprising: a first inflatable air bladder longitudinally extending with an upper surface having arm and hand supporting portions that, when the first air bladder is inflated, support and tighten around most of the periphery of the arm in an area above the proximal forearm/wrist of a patient and support the hand of the patient with the radial artery at the proximal forearm/wrist of the patient remaining exposed and accessible to an operator, a second inflatable air bladder longitudinally extending beneath and connected to the first air bladder and configured, when the second air bladder is inflated, to elevate the first air bladder and an arm and hand of a patient supported on the upper surface of the first air bladder above a support for the patient's arm, wherein the first and second air bladders are separately inflatable for independently adjusting the elevation of the patient's arm and hand above the support and the positioning tightness of the first air bladder around a patient's arm.