Inflatable anti-shock and splinting trousers
First Claim
1. A pressure garment comprising a front face panel and a rear face panel of flexible fabric;
- an abdominal region on each of said front and rear panels adapted to cover a portion of the abdomen of a patient;
a pair of leg regions on each of said front and rear panels adapted to cover a portion of respective legs of a patient, said leg regions of each panel being dependent from and integral with said abdominal region of said panel;
a permanent junction between said front and rear panels along the inseam portion of each leg;
said front and rear panels being separate along outer side margins of said abdominal region and said leg regions;
fastener means along each outer side margin of said abdominal and leg regions for separably securing said front and rear panels together along said outer side margins;
a gas chamber of flexible gas impervious fabric between said front and rear panels and extending over a preponderance of the area of at least one of said regions of at least one panel; and
a gas conduit in gas flow communication between the exterior of said garment and said chamber.
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Abstract
Several embodiments of inflatable trousers and their auxiliary equipment are disclosed whereby the trousers are inflated in a controlled and precise manner. The form of the garment facilitates application to an infirmed individual by having a front and rear panel which are integral along the inseam of the legs, are separate at the top of an abdominal region, the region of the perineum and at the bottoms of the legs, and are separable along the outer side margins from the top to the bottoms of the legs. Fasteners such as slide fasteners are provided for selective closure along the outer side margins of the garment. One or more inflatable chambers are located within the garment to extend over substantial regions thereof and impose pressure over the enclosed body portion as the entire enclosed abdominal area and both legs or, selectively, the respective legs and an abdominal region. A relatively rigid outer reinforcing panel militates against ballooning in the abdominal region. Selective valving between the chambers and the exterior of the garment enables gas pressure adjustments within the respective chambers as where treatment requires access to a leg or the lower abdomen. Aneroid gauge couplings and bleed valves either in the pressurizing gas lines or in separate conduits to the chamber interiors facilitate precise adjustment of pressures. Color coding of controls, gauges and conduits and/or their couplings facilitate utilization of polychambered garments.
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16 Claims
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1. A pressure garment comprising a front face panel and a rear face panel of flexible fabric;
- an abdominal region on each of said front and rear panels adapted to cover a portion of the abdomen of a patient;
a pair of leg regions on each of said front and rear panels adapted to cover a portion of respective legs of a patient, said leg regions of each panel being dependent from and integral with said abdominal region of said panel;
a permanent junction between said front and rear panels along the inseam portion of each leg;
said front and rear panels being separate along outer side margins of said abdominal region and said leg regions;
fastener means along each outer side margin of said abdominal and leg regions for separably securing said front and rear panels together along said outer side margins;
a gas chamber of flexible gas impervious fabric between said front and rear panels and extending over a preponderance of the area of at least one of said regions of at least one panel; and
a gas conduit in gas flow communication between the exterior of said garment and said chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- an abdominal region on each of said front and rear panels adapted to cover a portion of the abdomen of a patient;
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14. A pressure garment comprising a front panel and a rear panel of flexible, gas impervious fabric adapted to cooperatively envelope the lower abdomen of a patient;
- an abdominal panel of flexible, gas impervious fabric generally coextensive with and in registry with said front panel;
a marginal seal between said abdominal panel and said registering front panel to form a first gas chamber between said abdominal panel and said front panel;
separate outer leg panels of flexible, gas impervious fabric each depending from both said front and rear panels and each adapted to extend across the inner faces of and envelope the respective legs of a patient;
separate inner leg panels of flexible, gas impervious fabric generally coextensive with and in registry with each of said outer leg panels;
a marginal seal between respective inner and outer leg panels to form individual gas chambers adapted to envelope the respective legs of a patient;
a stiff panel extending over a substantial portion of the width and height of said first chamber and generally conformable to the abdominal contour of the patient;
a plurality of straps of adjustable length extending across said front panel and secured to opposed side margins of said panel;
means to maintain said stiff panel on said front panel beneath said straps;
gas conduits communicating between the exterior of said garment and each of said first and leg enveloping gas chambers;
flexible walled tubulations coupled to each of said gas conduits;
valve means for each tubulation to open and close said tubulations for gas flow;
a source of pressurized gas coupled to said tubulations;
a control valve intermediate said source and said tubulations for selectively coupling said tubulations to said source and to atmosphere; and
pressure guage coupled to said tubulations. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
- an abdominal panel of flexible, gas impervious fabric generally coextensive with and in registry with said front panel;
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