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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:
Apr. 14, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas A Krouskop, Stafford, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5450 ; 5453 ;
Abstract
A disposable surgical pad for supporting a patient having a cellulose housing with a granular cellulose material in the cavity of the housing. The granular material is generally uniformly shaped, preferably spheroid in shape, and of a size for assuming a shape to conform to a patient without packing together and of a size which is substantially radio-translucent. A valve is connected to the housing for controlling the air pressure in the cavity whereby the granular material will create a custom contoured support.