WO2013056314A1 - Dispositif de support spinal - Google Patents

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WO2013056314A1
WO2013056314A1 PCT/AU2012/001276 AU2012001276W WO2013056314A1 WO 2013056314 A1 WO2013056314 A1 WO 2013056314A1 AU 2012001276 W AU2012001276 W AU 2012001276W WO 2013056314 A1 WO2013056314 A1 WO 2013056314A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F5/00—Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints; Nursing devices; Anti-rape devices
    • A61F5/01—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. splints, casts or braces
    • A61F5/02—Orthopaedic corsets
    • A61F5/022—Orthopaedic corsets consisting of one or more shells
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G1/00—Stretchers
    • A61G1/04—Parts, details or accessories, e.g. head-, foot-, or like rests specially adapted for stretchers

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  • the present invention relates generally to a support suitable for use in emergency situations such as for example motor vehicle accidents where a person may have experienced spinal cord injury and may need extrication from wreckage.
  • spinal immobilisation is achieved through manual stabilisation of the head and positioning of the patient, application of a stiff neck collar and the use of other devices such as spine boards and extrication devices.
  • Known extricators are applied to at least the torso of a person, hereinafter referred to as a patient, while the patient is disposed in a sitting position, often within a car wreck.
  • the extricator is then used to extricate the patient from the wreckage and transfer them to an ambulance stretcher.
  • the patient is often conveyed to a hospital while the extricator is applied to the patient.
  • a support suitable for use in supporting at least a torso of a patient including a main support body which includes a first main body portion and at least one second main body portion, the first and at least one second main body portions being adapted to detachably connect to one another, wherein the main support body is a flexible support curtain adapted to support the torso in a selected position when applied to the torso.
  • the support is an extrication support such that it is
  • the kind of support provided by the support is that the vertebral elements of the patient are inhibited from movement relative to one another.
  • the first portion of the main support body may be a central support portion.
  • Each portion of the at least one second main support body portion may be a lateral support portion. In one preferred embodiment, however, the first and at least one second main body portions are left and right main support body portions.
  • the flexible support curtain is preferably constructed from a curtain material which is tough and suitable for use in a crash scene, thus preferably being tough and tear resistant yet flexible enough to reasonably conform to the torso of the patient for inhibiting movement of teh spinal elements.
  • the flexible support curtain preferably includes a plurality of elongate support mem ers attached to or integral therewith which are longitudinally extending and disposed adjacent one another jn a side-by-side manner across the flexible support curtain.
  • the flexible support curtain may be constructed from one sheet of curtain material and the elongate support members may be fixed or integral with one side of the curtain, or inserted into the curtain material.
  • the flexible support curtain includes two sheets of flexible support curtain material and the elongate support members are sewn or otherwise fixed between the sheets of flexible support curtain material.
  • the elongate support members are preferably in the form of battens.
  • the flexible support curtain material is constructed from nylon and is of the order of 1 - 2 mm in thickness so as to facilitate the balance of tear resistance, flexibility and inhibiting relative vertebral movement.
  • the arrangement of the flexible curtain in one preferred embodiment is such that a user can, when applying the flexible curtain to the torso of a patient, wrap the flexible support curtain around the torso of the patient and close the open front such that even though the patient may be extricated and subsequently transported from the position in which the patient was found, the vertebral elements of the spinal column of the patient are inhibited from movement relative to one another during transportation.
  • the flexible support curtain includes a main interior wall for supporting the torso of the patient.
  • the flexible support curtain when assembled, includes a main torso support region and a head support region, and a cutout or aperture disposed
  • a joint is provided to detachably connect the first and at least one second main body portions to one another.
  • the joint is associated with adjacent longitudinal edge regions of the first and at least one second main support body portions.
  • the joint may be of any suitable type, such that the joints may be butt joints, dovetail joints, a zipper-like arrangement or a frangible or tear-apart connection.
  • the joint may be a one-shot device In that, once the two main body portions are separated from one another, the main body portions are disposed of, or the joint may be reattachable.
  • There may be more than one joint provided per support, or the joint may be provided in an off- centre position whether there is one joint or two.
  • one joint is provided and that joint is disposed adjacent a central portion of the flexible support curtain adjacent the spine of the patient when in use so as to facilitate removal of the first and second main support body portions from the body of the patient.
  • the joint includes a connector comprising mating parts so that there is a male part associated with one main support body portion and a female part associated with an adjacent main support body portion.
  • the connector includes a male elongate connecting element and a female elongate connecting element. The arrangement is such that the elongate connecting elements extend along the edge region of the first and second main support body portions.
  • the male elongate connecting element includes a tongue extending from the edge region of the elongate connecting element for the length of the elongate connecting element and the female elongate connecting element includes a cavity which includes spaced apart walls to receive the tongue in a snug fit for the full length of the elongate connecting element.
  • the tongue comprises two spaced-apart tongue walls so as to receive a rib extending from a middle portion of the cavity therebetween to facilitate alignment of the tongue and cavity as well as the snug fit.
  • the male and the female elongate connecting elements include a locking tongue extending from each element.
  • One locking tongue extends from a first end of the elongate connecting element and another locking tongue extends from the other end of the other elongate connecting element.
  • catches are provided to facilitate keeping the mating parts of the
  • the catches are in the form of pins.
  • the pins extend into a void in the elongate connecting elements.
  • the pins are adapted to interlock with respective locking tongues extending from the elongate connecting elements.
  • the catches are actuated by one or more locking actuators.
  • the or each locking actuator is a pivoting member.
  • the locking actuators are biased into a locking position by a biasing member which in one preferred embodiment Is a spring.
  • the locking actuators are also maintained in the locking position by release pins such as are used In the release of a fire extinguisher actuator from a locked position.
  • the joint may include a removable reinforcing member.
  • the reinforcing member is a locking member.
  • the reinforcing member may extend longitudinally along the curtain and may be associated with the edge region.
  • the reinforcing member is in the form of a finger constructed from plastic or suitable flexible material, including carbon fibre-reinforced plastic, aluminium, steel, titanium or other suitable flexible and strong material.
  • the reinforcing member may be a rod.
  • the joint may include a channel adapted to receive the reinforcing member.
  • the channel may be internal to the edge region, so as to form a hollow tunnel or recess set into the edge region.
  • overcaps are provided at each end to retain the cooperating extrusions in a mating relationship.
  • a locking tab is provided so as to inhibit inadvertent removal of one overcap.
  • the locking tab when provided, is preferably only removable by translating movement along an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis along which the overcaps are removed and applied.
  • One overcap is removed from one end by lifting off the end, while the other overcap on the other end is pressed off by pressing on a. rod which extends along the mating extrusion.
  • the joint is a dovetail joint and includes alternating teeth which, when the edges are brought adjacent to one another, abut one another in a staggered manner.
  • Some preferred embodiments include catches or detents.
  • the catches or detents are in the form of a boss and cooperating recess, each disposed in the edge of adjacent teeth. The arrangement of the catches or detents is such that they temporarily hold the teeth together until the reinforcing member or locking member is inserted into the channel.
  • the teeth include colour-coding so that adjacent teeth may be correctly disposed against one another.
  • Other arrangements include bosses which are arranged at one portion of a tooth and that boss can only properly cooperate with a detent recess disposed at a similar position on an adjacent tooth. This system inhibits mismatching when the flexible curtain must be assembled around a patient or on site for some other purpose. There may be a plurality of bosses per tooth edge and a corresponding plurality of boss recesses on adjacent teeth and other types of mismatch- reduction arrangements.
  • Other mismatch-reduction arrangements include teeth of different shapes or heights.
  • the reinforcing or locking member includes cooperating
  • the locking member may include one or more cables under tension so as to hold the teeth against one another in an abutting relationship.
  • the reinforcing or locking member includes a quick-release lock.
  • the locking member may Include teeth which disposed on the locking member and extend therefrom, preferably radially therefrom.
  • the locking member may thus include a half- or quarter-turn release and may be retained in a locking position by a spring which retains the teeth in engagement with cavities disposed in edge regions of the first and/or second main body portions.
  • Some embodiments include a joint which may include a simple zipper element to detach the first and second main body portions however these embodiments preferably include a first support body portion which is centrally disposed relative to two second edge support portions or wings to support the abdominal and side torso portions of the patient. The edge or wing portions are zipped away in use, and the patient is rolled to remove the central portion. The rolling is not over a gathered-up abdominal portion, so there is less likelihood of spinal movement than known extricators.
  • the main support body includes mounting regions for mounting peripheral members to the main support body.
  • the mounting regions include mounting catches to catch the retaining members and retain them on the main support body.
  • the mounting regions include mounting pads, preferably in the form of hook and loop fastening pads.
  • the mounting regions are disposed on the outside of the main support body.
  • one mounting region is a hook and loop fastening pad adjacent the head support region.
  • This fastening pad is for fastening a first closure which closes the head support region at the front and preferably includes head retaining straps and chin retaining straps.
  • the head retaining straps are stowed on the back or side surface of the flexible support curtain for ease of access and are preferably disposed on the mounting hook and loop pad.
  • a second closure is provided for closing the main support body around the torso.
  • the closure is in the form of a belt.
  • the belt includes a tightening system so as to draw the belt ends closer to one another.
  • the tightening system includes a pulley system.
  • the belt is a strap which is open at its ends, each end including cooperating catches for cooperating with catches on the outside of the torso portion of the flexible support curtain.
  • the cooperating catches are hook and loop regions on the outside of the flexible support curtain, while in other embodiments the cooperating catches are curved fingers or hooks to hook onto a row of short tubular catches disposed on the flexible support curtain.
  • a buttock support member is provided to support the buttock and to retain the patient within the flexible support curtain when supported therein.
  • the buttock support member is preferably a sheet or a plate of plastic material.
  • the buttock support member preferably includes cooperating catches for cooperating with catches on the bottom edge of the flexible support curtain.
  • the buttock support member preferably includes side retaining wings so as to retain the buttock from sliding sideways from the plate. Front retaining loops or provision therefor in the form of loop attachment points may be provided to retain the patient and inhibit sliding forwards from the flexible support curtain.
  • a splint may be provided in some embodiments to support the leg of the patient.
  • the splint may be provided in a bag which is retained on the mounting pads of hook and loop fasteners on the outside of the flexible support curtain.
  • the splint is in the form of a spine and a plurality of webbing elements fastened by hook and loop fasteners, the webbing spaced along the spine when the spine is deployed.
  • a traction inducing pulley is provided to induce traction in the leg, by attaching to the foot of the patient with a loop and drawing downwards along the spine of the splint.
  • the spine may be fastened to the flexible support curtain.
  • patient may be hauled by a machine or winch or airlifted and carried overhead to a hospital by helicopter while the support is applied to their torso.
  • detachable joint operable to detach a first portion of an immobilising support from a second portion of an immobilising support , the immobilising support being in the form of a flexible curtain.
  • the joint is as above described.
  • the battens are adapted to fold In two so that the flexible curtain may be stored in a smaller space.
  • a retainer is provided to retain the reinforcing or locking member in a
  • the retainer is in the form of a strap which extends from at least one main body portion to the locking member, preferably through an aperture in the locking member.
  • Figure 1 is an isometric view from above and one side an assembled support in accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, the support being shown with selected support elements in exploded view for clarity;
  • Figure 2 is an isometric view from below and one side of the support of Figure 1 shown without the selected support elements for clarity;
  • Figure 3 is an rear elevation view of the support of Figure 2;
  • Figure 4 is a plan section detail view of one embodiment of joint for joining main body parts of the support of Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 5 is a rear elevation detail view of an upper portion of the joint of Figure 4, the joint disposed between two main support body portions in order to detachabfy connect them together;
  • Figure 6 is an isometric exploded view of the joint shown in the support in Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 7 is a rear elevation view of the joint shown before joining the two main body parts of the main support body, which occurs when the two main support body components are brought together in the direction of the arrows;
  • Figure 8 is a rear elevation view of the joint of Figure 7 shown after assembly
  • Figure 9 is a rear elevation view of the joint of Figure 7 showing how to actuate the locking members so as to release the two main support body elements;
  • Figure 10 is an isometric view of a three-piece support which includes two joints as described herein; t050]
  • Figure 11 is an isometric view from above and one side of a support in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention, shown with support members strapped in position for supporting a patient;
  • Figure 12 is an isometric view from below and one side of the support shown in
  • F'9 13 is a detail view of another joint in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • Figures 14 and 15 are a detail isometric views of the joint release of the second
  • Figure 16 Is a detail isometric view of the bottom of the joint of the support in
  • Figure 17 is a detail plan section view of the joint used in Figure 1 1; and ⁇ 056] Figure 18 is an exploded isometric view of the joint used in Figure 11.
  • Figures 1 to 10 depict a first
  • FIG. 1 to 10 there is shown a support 10 suitable for use in supporting at least a torso (not shown) of a patient (not shown), the support 10 including a main support body 12 which includes a first main body portion 14 and at least one second main body portion 16, the first and at least one second main body portions 14, 16 being adapted to detachably connect to one another at a joint 18, wherein the main support body 12 is a flexible support curtain 13 adapted to support the torso in a selected position when applied to the torso.
  • the support 10 is an extrication support 15 such that it is adapted to support the
  • the first and at least one second main body portions are left and right main support body portions 17, 19.
  • the flexible support curtain 13 is constructed from a curtain material which is tough
  • the flexible support curtain includes a plurality of elongate support members 20 attached to or integral therewith which are longitudinally extending and disposed in a spaced-apart manner across the flexible support curtain 13.
  • the flexible support curtain 13 may be constructed from a single sheet of nylon 21 but in the embodiment shown in the Figures the flexible support curtain 13 is constructed from two sheets of flexible support curtain 13 and the elongate support members 20 are sewn or otherwise fixed between the sheets of nylon.
  • the elongate support members 20 are in the form of battens 22.
  • the flexible support curtain 13 is constructed from nylon 13 and is of the order of 1 - 2 mm in thickness so as to facilitate the balance of tear resistance, flexibility and inhibiting relative vertebral movement.
  • the arrangement of the flexible curtain in the preferred embodiment shown in the Figures is such that a user can, when applying the flexible curtain to the torso of a patient, wrap the flexible support curtain around the torso of the patient such that even though the patient may be extricated and subsequently transported from the position in which the patient was found, the vertebral elements of the spinal column of the patient are inhibited from movement relative to one another during transportation.
  • the flexible support curtain 13 includes a main interior wall 24 for supporting the torso of the patient.
  • the flexible support curtain 13, includes a main torso support region 26 and a head support region 28, and a cutout or aperture 30 disposed therebetween for receiving the upper arms of the patient.
  • the joint 18 is provided to detachably connect the first and at least one second main body portions 14,16 to one another.
  • the joint is associated with adjacent longitudinal edge regions 32,34 of the first and at least one second main support body portions 1 ,16.
  • the joint 18 may be of any suitable type, such that the joints may be butt joints, dovetail joints, a zipper-like arrangement or a frangible or tear-apart connection.
  • the joint 18 may even be a one-shot device in that, once the two main body portions 14,16 are separated from one another, the main body portions14,l6 are disposed of, or the joint 18 may be reattachable.
  • the joint 18 is disposed adjacent a central portion of the flexible support curtain 13 adjacent the spine of the patient when in use so as to facilitate removal of the first and second main support body portions from the body of the patient.
  • the joint 18 includes a connector 40 comprising mating parts so that there is a male part 42 associated with the first main support body portion and a female part 44 associated with the second adjacent main support body portion 6.
  • the connector 40 includes a male elongate connecting element 46 and a female elongate connecting element 48. The arrangement is such that the elongate connecting elements extend along the edge region 32, 34 of the first and second main support body portions 14,16.
  • the male elongate connecting element 46 includes a tongue 49 extending from an edge region 50 of the male elongate connecting element 46 for the length of the male elongate connecting element 46 and the female elongate connecting element 48 includes a cavity 52 which includes spaced apart walls 54 to receive the tongue 49 in a snug fit for the full length of the elongate connecting elements 46 and 48.
  • the tongue 49 also comprises two spaced-apart tongue walls 51 so as to receive a rib 55 extending from a middle portion of the cavity 52 therebetween to facilitate alignment of the tongue 49 and cavity 52 as well as the snug fit.
  • the male and the female elongate connecting elements 46, 48 include a locking tongue 56 extending from each element 46, 48.
  • a top locking tongue 57 extends from a first end of the elongate connecting element 46 and another locking tongue 58 extends from the other end of the other elongate connecting element 48.
  • Catches 60 are provided to facilitate keeping the mating parts of the connector
  • the catches 60 are In the form of pins 62.
  • the pins 62 extend into a void in the elongate connecting elements.
  • the pins 62 are adapted to interlock with the respective locking tongues 57, 58 extending from the elongate connecting elements 46, 48.
  • the catches 60 are actuated by one or more locking actuators 64, 66.
  • the or each locking actuator 64,66 is a pivoting member 65,67.
  • the locking actuators 64,66 are biased into a locking position by a biasing member 68 which in one preferred
  • the embodiment is a spring 69.
  • the locking actuators 64,66 are also maintained in the locking position by release pins such as are used in Ihe release of a fire extinguisher actuator from a locked position.
  • the main support body 12 includes mounting regions70 for mounting peripheral members 71 to the main support body 12.
  • the mounting regions 70 include mounting catches 72 to catch corresponding catches 74 of peripheral members and retain them on the main support body 2.
  • the mounting regions include mounting pads ( Figure 11 ), in the form of hook and loop fastening pads 175.
  • the mounting regions are short tubular catches 75. In the embodiment shown in all the Figures the mounting regions are disposed on the outside of the main support body.
  • One mounting region is in the form of a hook and loop fastening pad 76 adjacent the head support region.
  • This fastening pad 76 is for fastening a first closure 77 which closes the head support region 28 at the front and the closure 77 includes head retaining straps and chin retaining straps.
  • the head retaining straps are stowed in a stowed position when not in use on the back or side surface of the flexible support curtain for ease of access when required to be deployed.
  • a second closure 80 is provided for closing the main support body 12 around the torso.
  • the closure 80 is in the form of a belt 81.
  • the belt 81 includes a tightening system 82 so as to draw belt ends 83,84 closer to one another.
  • the tightening system 82 includes a pulley system 85.
  • the belt 81 is a strap 86 which is open at its ends 83,84, each end including cooperating catches for cooperating with catches 75 on the outside of the torso portion of the flexible support curtain 13.
  • the cooperating catches in the embodiment shown in Figure 11 are hook and loop regions 87 on the outside of the flexible support curtain 13, while in other embodiments the cooperating catches are curved fingers or hooks to hook onto a row of short tubular catches disposed on the flexible support curtain.
  • a buttock support member 90 is provided to support the buttock of the patient and to retain the patient within the flexible support curtain 13 when supported therein.
  • the buttock support member 90 is preferably a sheet or a plate 91 of plastic material.
  • the buttock support member preferably includes cooperating catches or loops 92 for cooperating with catches 93 on a bottom edge 94 of the flexible support curtain 13.
  • the buttock support member 90 includes side retaining walls 95 so as to retain the buttock from sliding sideways from the plate 91.
  • Front retaining loops 96 or provision therefor in the form of loop attachment points are provided to retain the patient and inhibit sliding forwards from the flexible support curtain.
  • a splint 97 is provided to support the leg of the patient if required.
  • the splint 97 is provided in a bag 98 which is retained on the mounting pads of hook and loop fasteners on the outside of the flexible support curtain.
  • the splint 97 is in the form of a spine 99 and a plurality of webbing elements 101 fastened by hook and loop fasteners, the webbing 101 spaced along the spine 99 when the spine 99 is deployed.
  • a traction inducing pulley 102 is provided to induce traction in the leg, by attaching to the foot of the patient with a loop and drawing downwards along the spine of the splint.
  • the spine may be fastened to the flexible support curtain.
  • extricator reinforcement points 103 so that the patient may be hauled by a machine or winch or airlifted by helicopter while the extricator is applied to their torso.
  • the second embodiment of support is similar in many ways to the first embodiment, however there is a different joint and some differing mounting points.
  • a pair of cooperating elongate extrusions 146, 48 mate as substantially abovedescribed, and overcaps 105,106 are provided at each end to retain the cooperating extrusions in a mating relationship.
  • a locking tab 107 is provided so as to inhibit inadvertent removal of one overcap 105.
  • the locking tab 107 when provided, Is preferably only removable by translating movement along an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis along which the overcaps are removed and applied.
  • One overcap is removed from one end by lifting off the end, while the other overcap on the other end is pressed off by pressing on a rod which extends along the mating extrusion.
  • double-sided adhesive tape may be used to hold the faces of the butt joint together and a denaturing tape may be used to release the adhesive hold • on the faces of the butt joint when it is desired to detach one main body portion 14 from the other main body portion 16.
  • j 0 i n t j n optional embodiments includes a removable reinforcing member, an example of which is shown in Figure 13.
  • the reinforcing member 346 is a locking member 347 to lock mating teeth together.
  • the reinforcing member 346 when in a reinforcing position extends longitudinally along the flexible support curtain and is associated with edge regions 334 and 336.
  • the reinforcing member 346 is in the form of a batten 349 constructed from plastic or suitable flexible material, including carbon fibre- reinforced plastic, aluminium, steel, titanium or other suitable flexible and strong material.
  • j ne j 0int j n embodiment shown in Figure 13 also includes a channel adapted to receive the reinforcing member.
  • the channel may be internal to the edge region, so as to form a hollow tunnel or recess set into the edge region to receive the batten 349.
  • the joint may be, in some alternative embodiments, a dovetail joint and includes alternating teeth such as shown in Figure 13 which when the edges are brought adjacent to one another, abut one another in a staggered manner.
  • Catches or detents in the form of bosses and cooperating recesses may be provided, each disposed in the edge of adjacent teeth.
  • the arrangement of the catches or detents may be such that they temporarily hold the teeth together until the reinforcing member or locking member is inserted into the channel.
  • the teeth include colour-coding so that adjacent teeth may be correctly disposed against one another.
  • Other arrangements include the abovedescribed bosses which are arranged at one portion of a tooth such that a selected boss can only properly cooperate with a detent recess disposed at a similar position on an adjacent tooth. This system inhibits mismatching when the flexible curtain must be assembled around a patient or on site for some other purpose. There may be a plurality of bosses per tooth edge and a corresponding plurality of boss recesses on adjacent teeth and other types of mismatch-reduction arrangements. Other mismatch-reduction
  • arrangements include teeth of different shapes or heights.
  • the reinforcing or locking member may include
  • cooperating retainers which cooperate with the channel to lock the joint edges together.
  • the cooperating retainers include lobes disposed at either edge of the elongate locking member such that the lobes cooperate w th a cooperating channel.
  • a locking member may be in the form of a figure of eight while each lobe of the eight cooperates with a hollow chamber or tunnel, open at an abutting face of the first or second main body portion.
  • Other cooperating shapes are of course contemplated and fall within the scope of this patent specification, including H-shapes, dumbbell-shapes, and the like.
  • the locking member may include one or more cables under tension so as to hold the teeth against one another in an abutting relationship. This kind of arrangement works . particularly well with the bosses and detents abovedescribed, since the cable holds the detents and bosses against one another.
  • the reinforcing or locking member includes a
  • the locking member may include teeth which disposed on the locking member and extend therefrom, preferably radially therefrom.
  • the locking member may thus include a half- or quarter-turn release and may be retained in a locking position by a spring which retains the teeth in engagement with cavities disposed In edge regions of the first and/or second main body portions.
  • Some embodiments include a sim le zipper element to detach the first and second main body portions however these embodiments preferably include a first support body portion which is centrally disposed relative to two second edge support portions or wings to support the abdominal and side torso portions of the patient. The edge or wing portions are zipped away in use, and the patient is rolled to remove the central portion. The ⁇ rolling is not over a gathered-up abdominal portion, so there is less likelihood of spinal movement than known extricators.
  • extricator lifting points 103 so thai the patient may be hauled by a machine or winched or airlifted by helicopter while the extricator is disposed in the deployed position around their torso.
  • a retainer may be provided to retain the reinforcing or locking member in a locked position in the flexible curtain.
  • the retainer is in the form of a strap which extends from at least one main body portion to the locking member, preferably through an aperture in the Iocking member.
  • support curtain which can be simply torn away from one another. Weakened portions of , a one-shot joint can be torn with force. The curtain is then disposed of in a bin.
  • first main support body portions 14 and second main support body portion 16 of the flexible support curtain are disposed in a ready position, assembled to one another at the joint 18 and applied to the torso of a patient. If they are not together, then the procedure shown in Figures 7 and 8 is followed. The sides are simply pressed together and the catches move out of the way and then lock home in the tongues.
  • the main body support portions 214, 216 are detached from the central support portion 215, or the two side portions 14, 16 are detached from one another by the process shown in Figure 9. That is, the fire extinguisher pins are removed from the actutating members 64,66, then the actuating members 64, 66 are pivoted and this lifts the catches 60 out of the tongues 57, 58 and the mating parts 44, 46 are drawn away from one another.
  • Other methods of releasing the parts 14, 16 include either removing a batten from the channel (not shown), so that the dovetails then can be easily separated from one another and from the body of the patient, whether they have detents and bosses or not;

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un support destiné à être utilisé pour supporter au moins le torse d'un patient. Le support comprend un corps de support principal qui comprend une première partie de corps principale et au moins une seconde partie de corps principale, la première partie et la ou les secondes parties étant conçues pour se raccorder l'une à l'autre tout en restant séparables, le corps de support principal étant une coque de support flexible conçu pour supporter le torse dans une position choisie lorsqu'il est appliqué au torse.
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