Abstract: The adjustable seating system includes a seat and a stand for people with disabilities. The seat has a base with two side panels and a back positioned adjacent the seat base. The seat back has first and second opposing thoracic supports. The seat base also includes a base extension which may be fitted into the seat base. The seating system may also include a foot support which may be attached to the seat or seat base extension. The seating system also includes an adjustable stand. In operation, the base extension may be attached to the seat by aligning the seat and the base extension and inserting pins which join the base extension and seat. Optionally, the seating system may have a back extension releasably attached to the seat back. The seating system may also have a cushion system to provide comfort and support to the user as well as in providing assistance positioning and posturing.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 28, 1997
Date of Patent:
June 2, 1998
Assignee:
Gillette Children's Hospital
Inventors:
David C. Wilkie, Wayne Rydberg, Bruce Tew, Rob Meyer, John Spielman
Abstract: A dynamic hip splint for attaching to opposing thighs of a patient for correcting chronic abduction and external rotation of the patient's hips, the splint comprising a first thigh cuff positionable onto a thigh of the patient, a second thigh cuff positionable onto the opposite thigh of the patient and an elastic band interconnecting between the first and second thigh cuffs for urging the first and second thigh cuffs towards one another such that when the first and second thigh cuffs are positioned on a patient's thighs, the elastic band urging the first and second thigh cuffs towards each other results in adduction and internal rotation of the hips of the patient to a more neutral anatomic position. This more neutral position in adduction and internal rotation facilitates delivery of routine cares to the patient and also improves gait training and mobility for those patients suffering from malpositioning of the lower extremities secondary to a neuro-muscular abnormality.
Abstract: The adjustable seating system includes a seat and a stand for people with disabilities. The seat has a base with two side panels and a back positioned adjacent the seat base. The seat back has first and second opposing thorasic supports. The seat base also includes a base extension which may be fitted into the seat base. The seating system may also include a foot support which maybe attached to the seat base extension. The seating system also includes an adjustable stand. In operation, the base extension may be attached to the seat by aligning the seat and the base extension and inserting pins which join the base extension and seat. Optionally, the seating system may have a back extension releasably attached to the seat back. The seating system may also have a cushion system to provide comfort and support to the user as well as in providing assistance positioning and posturing.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 14, 1995
Date of Patent:
June 10, 1997
Assignee:
Gillette Children's Hospital
Inventors:
David C. Wilkie, Wayne Rydberg, Bruce Tew, Rob Meyer, John Spielman