A medical stirrup for supporting a patient's limb in a desired attitude is disclosed. The limb is cradled in a shell lined with a soft material. The limb is retained in the shell by adjustable bands. The shell is suspended from a support by adjustable straps. The attitude of the limb is controlled by the adjustment of the straps and the positioning of the support.

A medical instrument is assembled by inserting a mating portion of a first tubular member of flexible resin having a Shore D hardness of 45 or lower into a mating portion of a second tubular member of flexible resin having a Shore D hardness of 45 or lower. The mating portions are joined with a curable, preferaly UV curable, adhesive which shows a Shore D hardness of 70 or lower after curing, thereby forming a firm bond.

Disclosed is a medical device used with a syringe or the like that includes a needle protected by a guard. The needle has a connector at one end opposite its tip which enables it to be connected to the syringe. The guard is mounted on the needle and is movable axially along the shaft of the needle between a retracted position enabling the needle to be inserted into a patient and a forward position covering the tip of the needle. The guard is moved forward manually from the retracted to the forwa...

The signal conducting element of a medical electrode of the type bridged to skin by electrolyte and which may be X-ray transparent comprises a thin layer of a conductive paint adhered to a relatively thin supporting substrate, said substrate with adhered paint extending remotely from the electrolyte-to-skin interface for circuit connection. The electrolyte may be loaded in a sponge engaging the paint or may be in a conductive adhesive layer applied to the substrate. The electrode may also have a...

Disclosed is a vacuum tube type collection device for collecting blood or other body fluids from a patient. The device includes a conventional sealed vacuum tube received in a tube holder having a removable needle assembly connected to the tube holder. The characterizing feature of the device of this invention is that the needle assembly has a guard member which protects the exposed tip of the needle after withdrawal of the needle from the patient's body. This member is movable between a first p...

Disclosed is an improved medical device of the type where a needle is protected by a guard member moved axially along the needle shaft to a permanently locked position. The improvement is the use of an elongated stem member extending from the locking element covering a substantial portion an essentially fail-safe bond between the locking element and the needle and to facilitate manufacture of the device.

A forcepslike device for cutting and squeezing tubing. The forceps comprise a pair of pivotally joined arms having cutting edges on one end to cut in a scissorlike fashion and finger engagable loops at the other end. A roller is mounted on each of the arms. The rollers are movable toward each other to grip a flexible plastic tube between them when the forceps are closed. The rollers have matching configuration to insure proper gripping of the tube to clear the tube of its contents.

Disclosed is a connector for introducing medication into a patient in a safe, convenient way. It comprises a pair of plastic tubular members adapted to be manually pushed together to engage in a male-female relationship, and a locking mechanism that detachably secures the members together. The male member has a sealed entry port at its end, and the female member safely houses within it a needle which centrally pierces the seal of the port upon engagement of the members. Preferably, the locking m...

This invention relates to a medical support. In order to support, in a pressure-free manner, particularly pressure-sensitive locations of parts of the body of a patient, the aforesaid support comprises a plate-like bearer part with a plurality of receivers, arranged close together, on its upper side and a plurality of plug-in components which are inserted selectively and loosely into the receivers, are removable, and form, with their upper ends of appropriate shape, a substantially closed bearin...

A device for use in surgical procedures formed of a concertina cartridge (1) of a resilient material. The cartridge (1) has a nozzle (5), the throat of which is designed to receive by snap-click action, a projection (9) formed internally of the chamber (1), to hold the cartridge in a collapsed, but resiliently releasable, state as it is compressed to that state under concertina action. The device has applicability to surgical procedures such as blood collection, drug infusion, and balloon cathet...