Abstract: A manual distractor unit is mounted upon a support frame attached to an operating table side rail. An ankle strap is attached to the support frame and to the patient's ankle. A patient's knee support pad, extending from the distractor unit, is positioned under the patient's knee to provide traction to the patient's limb at the ankle, which is secured to the support frame by the ankle strap.

Abstract: A sterile pressure pad assembly system, kit and method uses a cage assembly comprising an enclosure and a pad assembly configured as a generally rectangular pad disposed adjacent the patient's limb near the joint to be extended and/or distended. The pad may be affixed by adhesive to the outer surface of an arcuate side and formed from suitable foam and cell structure materials that can be sterilized such as, for example, polyurethane-based foam. The enclosure of the cage assembly is configured with one or more ridges to sufficiently optimize a material strength to the arcuate side of the enclosure so as to not crush under pressure from the surgical distractor unit and/or the weight of the patient's limb of the patient when the sterile cage assembly and pad support a limb of a patient on a support bar as a surgical distractor unit positions the pad in abutment with a popliteal area of a patient's knee joint during a medical procedure.

Abstract: An article of manufacture for a bony prominence under casts, splints and or other devices utilized to hold the limb in a fixed position for an extended period of time. The article consists of a pressure relieving pad from a base substrate with a predetermined design formed from a gel material with an adhesive quality. In another embodiment, the article consists of a pressure relieving pad formed from a gel material base substrate combined with a fibrous substrate with a predetermined design of the pressure relieving pad. Each article includes at least one ventilation channel cut through the base substrate and/or fibrous substrate, e.g. the ventilation channel may have a single or multiple cut incision. The ventilation channel functioning to increase the padding around the base of the prominence thereby providing extended comfort and fitting of a rigid splint, cast or other fixing device.

Abstract: An elevation apparatus, system and method for elevating the patient's limb when using a manual distractor unit is mounted upon a support frame attached to an operating table side rail. A foot strap is attached to the extension apparatus and to the patient's ankle with a patient's knee support pad, extending from the distractor unit, is positioned under the patient's knee to provide traction to the patient's ankle, which is secured to the support frame. The extension apparatus may be formed with a plurality of attachment points for the foot strap so as to provide improved access to the ankle area with advantages of allowing additional types of procedures a surgeon may perform on the patient and/or the ability of the surgeon to access the ankle area and lower leg.

Abstract: A boot assembly apparatus, system and method for elevating the patient's limb when using a manual distractor unit is mounted upon a support frame attached to an operating table side rail. A foot strap is attached to the boot assembly apparatus and to the patient's ankle with a patient's knee support pad, extending from the distractor unit, is positioned under the patient's knee to provide traction to the patient's ankle, which is secured to the support frame. The boot assembly apparatus may be formed with a plurality of attachment points for the foot strap so as to provide improved access to the ankle area with advantages of allowing additional types of procedures a surgeon could perform on the patient and/or the ability of the surgeon to access the ankle area and lower leg.

Abstract: A manual distractor unit is mounted upon a support frame attached to an operating table side rail. An ankle strap is attached to the support frame and to the patient's ankle. A patient's knee support pad, extending from the distractor unit, is positioned under the patient's knee to provide traction to the patient's limb at the ankle, which is secured to the support frame by the ankle strap.

Abstract: A manual distractor unit is mounted upon a support frame attached to an operating table side rail. A patient's knee support pad, extending from the distractor unit, is positioned under the patient's knee to provide traction to the patient's ankle, which is secured to the support frame.

Abstract: An operating table support clamp includes top and bottom jaw clamps containing a pair of interconnecting rods for allowing movement of the top jaw clamp between open and closed positions, Serrations on the rods interact with serrations within the top jaw clamp for automatically locking the top and bottom jaw clamps together against an operating table side rail.

Abstract: An extended flexible meshed enclosure is arranged between a patient's hand and a support plate upstanding from the associated operating table to support the patient's hand during surgery of the patient's associated limb. To assist in holding the meshed enclosure to the support plate a first part of said meshed enclosure is captured within a top extending slot on said support plate and a second part of said meshed enclosure is captured within a bottom extending slot on said support plate.

Abstract: An extended flexible meshed enclosure is arranged between a patient's hand and a grooved support plate upstanding from the associated operating table to support the patient's hand during surgery of the patient's associated limb. To assist in holding the patient's fingers within the meshed enclosure, a hooked and looped strap is wrapped around the patient's finger and surrounding meshed enclosure.

Abstract: A femoral distractor includes a top post for positioning under a patient's knee and a bottom pin for fixed attachment to a hospital bed rail. A vertical rod extends between the top post and horizontal bottom pin to move the knee joint in the vertical direction upon operation of a trigger assembly.

Abstract: In accordance with the invention, a first lever is employed to secure a surgical knee positioner unit to the operating table and a second lever is employed to positionally adjust the surgical knee positioner, per se.

Abstract: A patient's hip surgery support plate in the form of a posterior sacral support unit is locked to an operating table support frame. A separate anterior pelvic support unit is then positioned over the patient and joined to the sacral support unit via a post extending from the top of the sacral support unit. Both units are movably adjustable in the vertical and horizontal plane to accommodate a wide range of patient sizes for surgery where lateral decubitus positioning of the patient is required.

Abstract: A hand-held leg length discrepancy device in the form of an extended pin separated a fixed distance from a laser diode determines the length of a patient's leg after hip replacement surgery. A self-tapping first indication screw is partially inserted within the patient's pelvis prior to surgery, the extended pin is positioned on the screw and the laser beam is directed on the patient's leg. The location of the laser beam is recorded by means of an indelible ink mark or a drill hole. After surgery, the extended pin is positioned on the screw on the hip and the laser beam is again directed on the second mark or drill hole on the leg to determine any change in distance there between.

Abstract: A patient's hip surgery support plate in the form of a posterior sacral support unit is locked to an operating table support frame. A separate anterior pelvic support unit is then positioned over the patient and joined to the sacral support unit via a post extending from the top of the sacral support unit. Both units are movably adjustable in the vertical and horizontal plane to accommodate a wide range of patient sizes for surgery where lateral decubitus positioning of the patient is required.

Abstract: A surgical tool in the form of a three piece bone graft inserter includes a pair of concentric cylinders having elongated apertures formed in the side walls of the cylinders to allow the interior of one of the cylinders to be loaded with the bone graft material, and a plunger that extends through both cylinders. Rotating one of the cylinders thereby “closes” “the apertures creating a closed cylinder filled with the graft material. The ends of the cylinders are inserted into the bone void and the plunger is advanced forward to move the graft material into the bone cavity.

Abstract: A hand-held leg length discrepancy device in the form of an extended pin separated a fixed distance from a laser diode determines the length of a patient's leg after hip replacement surgery. A self-tapping first indication screw is partially inserted within the patient's pelvis prior to surgery, the extended pin is positioned on the screw and the laser beam is directed on the patient's leg. The location of the laser beam is recorded by means of an indelible ink mark or a drill hole. After surgery, the extended pin is positioned on the screw on the hip and the laser beam is again directed on the second mark or drill hole on the leg to determine any change in distance there between.

Abstract: A surgical tool in the form of a three piece bone graft inserter includes a pair of concentric cylinders having elongated apertures formed in the side walls of the cylinders to allow the interior of one of the cylinders to be loaded with the bone graft material, and a plunger that extends through both cylinders. Rotating one of the cylinders thereby “closes” “the apertures creating a closed cylinder filled with the graft material. The ends of the cylinders are inserted into the bone void and the plunger is advanced forward to move the graft material into the bone cavity.

Abstract: A simple hand-held length discrepancy device in the form of a pair of laser diodes separated a fixed distance within a console determines the length of a patient's leg after hip replacement surgery. A self-tapping first indication screw is partially inserted within the patient's pelvis prior to surgery, the first laser beam is directed on the screw and the second laser beam is directed on the patient's leg. The location of the second laser beam is recorded by means of a second indelible ink mark or a second drill hole. After surgery, the first and second laser beams are again directed on the first indication screw on the hip and the second mark or drill hole on the leg to determine any change in distance there between.