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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter R Carter, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 / ; 128 / ; 269328 ;
Abstract
A hand traction surgical table having an adjustable surgical table frame is provided. An arm board having an upper surface and a lower surface is mounted on the surgical table frame, thereby providing an operating surface for surgical procedures on the wrist and forearm. A pulley is mounted on the surgical table frame and a reduction force applying cable is mounted through the pulley. A finger retention device is mounted at a first end of the cable and a force applicator is mounted at a second end of the cable such that a predetermined reduction force can be applied to the patient's hand.