Patents by Inventor Mary A. LaRooka

Mary A. LaRooka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4243214
    Abstract: An irrigation-debridement-repair tray or caddy of a generally rectangular shape having a liquid-impervious body with a plurality of sterile or disinfectable liquid-permeable horizontal work surfaces and a means of draining fluid therefrom, which is useful during treatment of the extremity of a medical patient. The caddy is provided with two slidable and removable horizontal support surfaces spaced vertically apart from one another on runners fixed to the inside walls of the caddy, permitting medical personnel to begin treatment on the one of the surfaces and to complete treatment on the other sterile or disinfected surface. The caddy has semi-circular cut-outs at opposite longitudinal ends thereof for receiving the extremity to be worked on, with a protective lip over each such cut-out for improved patient comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1981
    Inventor: Mary A. LaRooka
  • Patent number: 3995846
    Abstract: An extremity support device which may be for a leg or arm to relieve strenuous physical handling of an extremity of a patient by medical personnel when treating the extremity of a patient, for example, as during the application of a cast thereto. The device is arranged to support a leg or arm at a select elevation and assist a physician in the application of a cast thereto, making it possible for one person to perform this operation. The device has an L-shaped support pad made from a foam material having a recess at the juncture of the legs of the L, for receiving the heel or elbow of the patient in elevated relation with respect to a bed or table upon which the patient may be lying or sitting. The bottom and side of the device opposite the recess may be provided with a non-skid material, enabling the device to be positioned on the bottom or end thereof so as to provide a non-moving, safe support while treatment is underway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1976
    Inventor: Mary A. LaRooka Frick