US 11,684,445 B2
Adjustable immobilizer apparatus and method for immobilizing a patient
Daniel D. Coppens, Avondale, PA (US); David M. Rabeno, Avondale, PA (US); and Stephen J. Reiser, Glen Mills, PA (US)
Assigned to Qfix Systems, LLC, Avondale, PA (US)
Filed by Qfix Systems, LLC, Avondale, PA (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/881,058.
Application 17/881,058 is a continuation of application No. 16/917,232, filed on Jun. 30, 2020.
Application 16/917,232 is a continuation of application No. 16/223,848, filed on Dec. 18, 2018, granted, now 11,071,606, issued on Jul. 27, 2021.
Application 16/223,848 is a continuation of application No. 14/913,760, granted, now 11,399,913, issued on Aug. 2, 2022, previously published as PCT/US2015/014090, filed on Feb. 2, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/102,358, filed on Jan. 12, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/941,542, filed on Feb. 19, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378542 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 90/18 (2016.01); A61F 5/37 (2006.01); A61F 5/058 (2006.01); A61B 90/14 (2016.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/18 (2016.02) [A61B 90/14 (2016.02); A61F 5/05841 (2013.01); A61F 5/05858 (2013.01); A61F 5/3707 (2013.01); A61B 6/0421 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1096 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1097 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
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1. An immobilization apparatus configured to be coupled to a patient support, the immobilization apparatus comprising:
a frame;
a preform formed from a low melting temperature thermoplastic and configured to be formed to an anatomy of a patient, the preform being coupled to the frame;
separate locks configured to be mounted to the frame, each configured to lock the immobilization apparatus relative to the patient support, each of the separate locks having a plunger extending along a plunger axis, and each of the plungers being configured to be movable along a respective plunger axis between a locked position and an unlocked position when the separate locks are mounted to the frame;
separate adjusters each configured to be associated with a corresponding one of the separate locks and each configured to selectively adjust a distance between the frame and the patient support along the plunger axis of the corresponding one of the separate locks when the separate locks are mounted to the frame;
the separate adjusters being separate from one another such that a distance between the frame and the patient support along the plunger axis of the corresponding one of the separate locks is adjustable independent of a distance between the frame and the patient support along the plunger axis of another one of the separate locks when the separate locks are mounted to the frame, each of the separate adjusters being further configured to extend about the plunger axis of the corresponding one of the separate locks when the separate locks are mounted to the frame.