Abstract: A device for cooperating with a vertically movable bed for supporting and positioning patients is provided. The device comprises a frame adapted to be positioned along one side of the bed with one or more cross members extending over the bed. Flexible support means are supported on the cross member for connecting to a patient supporting means for supporting a portion of the anatomy of a patient. In one embodiment, the cross member is cantilevered from a vertical column on the frame, and in other embodiments frames extend along each side of the bed with vertical columns to support cross members on each end. In still another embodiment, at least two cross members are supported by four columns to provide means for supporting the torso of the patient completely.

Abstract: An instrument for packing wounds with gauze or the like is provided having an elongated shaft, a rounded tip at a distal end of the shaft, a notch within the tip with the notch bieng sufficiently narrow to grip the gauze yet wide enough to prevent the gauze from being pulled from the wound when the probe is pulled from the wound. The shaft and tip may be hollow to allow for flushing and aspirating of the wound, and a cutting blade may be provided along the shaft to sever the material at a desired length.