US 11,865,028 B2
Surgical arm positioner with sterile disposable support
Brett Sanders, Signal Mountain, TN (US); and Keith J. Harper, Hixson, TN (US)
Assigned to Encore Medical, LP, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Encore Medical, LP, Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/033,094.
Application 17/033,094 is a continuation of application No. 14/787,303, granted, now 10,792,182, previously published as PCT/US2014/038072, filed on May 15, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/823,433, filed on May 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0022907 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/37 (2006.01); A61G 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/3761 (2013.01) [A61G 13/1235 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An arm retainer for supporting a patient's arm at a desired position on support assembly, the arm retainer comprising:
a rigid arm tray comprising:
a connector for connecting the rigid arm tray to the support assembly, and
an opening for securement of a disposable arm support liner to the rigid arm tray; and
the disposable arm support liner, comprising:
a sheet of malleable material with a soft engagement surface, and
a foldout tab aligned with the opening of the rigid arm tray for securing the disposable arm support liner to the rigid arm tray by folding the foldout tab through the opening and thereafter against the bottom side of the rigid arm tray.