WO2015102481A4

WO2015102481A4 - An immobilizer and a system therefor

Info

Publication number: WO2015102481A4
Application number: PCT/MY2014/050017
Authority: WO
Inventors: Ismail MOHD SAIBOON; Bala Krishnian R. MUNIANDY; Mohd Johar JAAFAR; Kok Beng GAN; Ameer Ezam HAMZAH
Original assignee: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Priority date: 2014-01-06
Filing date: 2014-12-23
Publication date: 2015-08-27
Also published as: WO2015102481A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to an immobilizer (100) and a system (200) therefor. The immobilizer (100) comprising: a plurality of members (110) spaced apart from each other and for independently wrapping a portion of each side of a pelvic region of a wearer to facilitate immobilization of the pelvic region; a plurality of fasteners (10) connected to each of the immobilizing members (110); and a plurality of straps (120) adjustable in length, each of the straps (120) for mating with one of the fasteners (10) connected to one of the immobilizing members (110) and each of the straps (120) for passing under the wearer's lumbar lordosis and across the wearer's lower back when the wearer is lying supine in order to mate with another one of the fasteners (10) connected to another one of the immobilizing members (110).

Claims

14 AMENDED CLAIMS received by the International Bureau on 26 June 2015 (26.06.2015)

1. An immobilizer (100) comprising:

a plurality of immobilizing members (110) spaced apart from each other and for independently wrapping a portion of each side of a pelvic region of a wearer to facilitate immobilization of the pelvic region, such that when the immobilizer (100) is in operation, the immobilizing members (110) expose the wearer's lower back; the immobilizing members (110) having:

a plurality of anterior openings ( 111 ) to provide access to an area of the pelvic region for performing surgical operations;

a plurality of first male and female fasteners (14, 15), a plurality of second male and female fasteners (16, 17), a first flap (12) and a second flap (13) such that when the first flap (12) and second flap (13) are folded, the first male and female fasteners (14, 15) connect to each other, and the second male and female fasteners (16, 17) connect to each other so as to enlarge the anterior openings (111) to provide access to a larger area of the pelvic region for performing surgical operations;

a plurality of fasteners (10) connected to each of the immobilizing members (110); and a plurality of straps (120) adjustable in length to provide compression towards the pelvic region, each of the straps (120) for mating with one of the fasteners (10) connected to one of the immobilizing members (110) and each of the straps (120) for passing under the wearer's lumbar lordosis (301) and across the wearer's lower back when the wearer is lying supine in order to mate with another one of the fasteners (10) connected to another one of the immobilizing members (110) such that the wearer is prevented from movements.

2. The immobilizer (100) of claim 1, wherein the fasteners (10) are positioned at lateral sides of the wearer when the immobilizer (100) is in operation.

3. The immobilizer (100) of claim 1, wherein at least some fasteners (10) and at least 15

some straps (120) are for providing some compression to the wearer's greater trochanters when positioned at a plane defined by the wearer's greater trochanters when the immobilizer (100) is in operation and wherein the at least some straps (120) are for mating with the at least some fasteners (10).

4. The immobilizer (100) of claim 3, wherein widths of the at least some straps (120) are at least 5 cm.

5. The immobilizer (100) of claim 3 further comprising an iliac crest guider (11) to facilitate positioning of the at least some fasteners (10) and the at least some straps (120) at the plane defined by the wearer's greater trochanters.

6. The immobilizer (100) of claim 5, wherein the iliac crest guider (11) is at a distance of 12.5 cm from the at least some fasteners (10).

7. The immobilizer (100) of claim 1, wherein the fasteners (10) are buckle type fasteners.

8. The immobilizer (100) of claim 1, wherein the first male and female fasteners (14, 15), and the second male and female fasteners (16, 17) are hook and loop fasteners.

9. The immobilizer (100) of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of fluid inflatable bladders (115) for adjusting pressure from the compression towards the pelvic region; and a pressure monitoring unit connected to the fluid inflatable bladders (115) for monitoring the pressure provided towards the pelvic region.

10. The immobilizer (100) of claim 1, wherein each of the immobilizing members (110) further comprises a thigh wrapper (112) to immobilize the wearer's thigh. 16

11. The immobilizer (100) of claim 1, wherein each of the immobilizing members (110) further comprises a handle ( 18) to facilitate in lifting the wearer.

12. The immobilizer (100) of claim 1 further comprising a pair of lower limb wrappers (130) attachable to the immobilizing members (110) to immobilize the wearer's lower limbs.