Abstract: A manually manipulatable tool for removing a fecal impaction, the tool is adapted for insertion into a patient's rectum to engage and penetrate the impaction. The tool is fitted with flexible, arcuately configured elements collapsible at least partially during insertion into the rectum and penetration of the fecal impaction, withdrawal of the tool deploying the elements to exert traction on the impaction thus facilitating withdrawal of at least portions of the impaction. A body member of the tool is preferably elongated and can optionally be provided with a longitudinally extending lumen for introduction of an enema solution concurrently with or independently of impaction removal.

Abstract: A device to assist a physician in treating a dislocated hip is disclosed. A hip reduction device comprises a base, a powered vertical lifter attached to the base, a transverse support arm attached to the vertical lifter, and a leg sleeve attached to the transverse support arm. In addition the hip reduction device includes a pelvic belt attached to a patient's hospital bed with which to secure the patient to the hospital bed. The operation of the hip reduction device mechanically mimics the Allis maneuver that a physician may use to manually reduce a dislocated hip. A patient suffering from a dislocated hip is secured to a hospital bed with a pelvic belt. The patient's leg is then placed in the leg sleeve. Raising the vertical lifter raises the transverse support arm, and thus raises the patient leg. In this way sufficient mechanical force is generated on the patient's leg so that a dislocated hip is reduced to its normal position.

Abstract: A manually manipulatable tool for removing a fecal impaction, the tool is adapted for insertion into a patient's rectum to engage and penetrate the impaction. The tool is fitted with flexible, arcuately configured elements collapsible at least partially during insertion into the rectum and penetration of the fecal impaction, withdrawal of the tool deploying the elements to exert traction on the impaction thus facilitating withdrawal of at least portions of the impaction. A body member of the tool is preferably elongated and can optionally be provided with a longitudinally extending lumen for introduction of an enema solution concurrently with or independently of impaction removal.