Appeal No. 2001-2205
Application 09/228,987
APPENDIX
1. An apparatus for facilitating a physician’s arthroscopic
examination of a patient’s joint and careful, precise
manipulation of the joint by the surgeon so as to open and close
the various compartments of the joint while permitting adequate
visualization of the intra-articular structures, said apparatus
comprising:
a) a pliable wrap member for a limb of the patient;
b) a surgical garment having at least one cooperating
surface member adapted to be worn by a surgeon performing the
arthroscopic examination, and
c) said members having pressure sensitive surfaces for
engaging one another and for affixing the patient’s limb to a
plurality of positions on the garment for careful manipulation of
the joint by the surgeon.
11. A flexible material for controlling the positioning of
a patient’s limb and for restricting swelling and the pooling of
fluids in the limb resulting from surgery, said material
comprising:
a) an elongated strip of stretchable, elastic material
adapted to be wrapped about the limb to constrict its size and to
restrict swelling and pooling of fluids in the limb; and
b) said strip having a pressure sensitive surface for
fixation to another surface for controlling the position of the
limb, and a tab having a hook surface which is affixed to said
strip for engaging said pressure sensitive surface and
maintaining it in a stretched, restricting position about a
patient’s limb.
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