An artificial hip joint has a cup-like socket portion into which a ball engages. A limb engaging stub depends from said ball and has a waisted portion below the ball and flange beneath the waisted portion. A bore of non-circular cross-section is provided in the waisted portion and an introducer and extractor tool has a limb whose end portion fits into the bore for non-rotatable engagement therein. A tong-like dislocator tool is provided and includes two arms, the end of which engage the bore and...

A device adapted to wrap around an animal's limb such as one leg of a horse and containing a refrigerant to allay fever, relieve pain and reduce inflammation into that limb or leg. The refrigerant wrap includes a plurality of refrigerant cells held side by side into a series of adjoining pockets interspaced by fold lines for simple manufacturing and to evenly wrap around the limb or leg for relatively uniform cooling treatment around the latter. The refrigerant wrap includes attachment bands of ...

A lightweight, portable container having a perforated tube incorporated in the wall of the container along a substantial length of the wall from adjacent the top to the bottom thereof, for injecting air into water contained in the container, causing a circulation of the water for hydro treatment. The container is of a size to admit the extremities of a user's limb which may be immersed in the circulating water for its therapeutic effects. The water may be heated by an electrical heater coil in t...

A pivot joint between the overlapped ends of a pair of members, each end terminating in cylindrical end portion extending normal to the member and rotatably nested with the cylindrical end of the other rod and connected by a screw and sleeve unit secured for rotation with one of said rods.

An archery bow limb attachment construction includes a limb bolt washer having a flat undersurface opposed to an outer surface on the limb, a leg extending from the undersurface into a non-round opening in the limb to prevent rotation of the limb bolt washer with respect to the limb, a through-opening having a cylindrical countersink at an end opposed to the undersurface, and an internally threaded lateral opening communicating with the through-opening between the countersink and the undersurfac...

An apparatus for the controlled lowering to the ground of a cut portion of a tree includes a rope and an anchor having an arrangement of guiding protuberances., each guiding protuberance including a bearing surface frictionally engaging and redirecting the rope without the rope fully encompassing any portion of the anchor including any of the guiding protuberances. Three guiding protuberances define a triangular arrangement. Of the three, a first guiding protuberance is disposed in proximity to ...

A limb protector device is set forth formed with an arcuate convex shield including a coextensive laminated sheet of padding adhered to an interior surface of the shield. The shield includes a "U" shaped anchor secured along coextensively with one elongate edge of the shield spaced parallel from a "V" shaped clamp formed with a serrated clamping edge positioned coextensively with a second edge of the shield about an exterior face of the shield. An elastomeric band is positionable within the "V" ...

A limb support for elevating the distal end of a patient's limb. The support is formed from a generally conical body having a longitudinal through bore for accommodating the patient's limb. The distal end of the limb is positioned adjacent the base of the conical body to elevate the end when the limb support rests on a supporting structure. A portion of the conical body may be open to permit bending of the patient's elbow or knee joint.

A turntable for an artificial limb provides a rotatable joint which enables the limb to be turned into the cross-legged position. The turntable includes two relatively rotatable plates and axially moveable means for locking one plate relative to the other in one position.

Device for immobilizing a patient's limb. The device comprises an elongated, three-sided, resilient support member of generally U-shaped cross-section, open at the top and comprising a base or bottom wall and a pair of side walls extending upwardly from the base, and fastener means extending from one side wall to the other across the open top of the support member. The support member is preferably made of a closed cell plastic foam material, coated with a thin adherent washable coating. The side...