US 11,786,432 B2
Groin protection apparatus, systems and methods
Samuel Clifton Willimon, Atlanta, GA (US); Richard Lunn, Kingston, MA (US); and Timothy Young, Natick, MA (US)
Assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., Memphis, TN (US)
Appl. No. 16/90,926
Filed by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US); and Samuel Clifton Willimon, Atlanta, GA (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 3, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/025796
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 3, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/176655, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 12, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/400,884, filed on Sep. 28, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/318,533, filed on Apr. 5, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0105213 A1, Apr. 11, 2019
Int. Cl. A61G 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/123 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for protecting a patient's groin area while distracting the patient's hip, the system comprising: a protective pad comprising a unitary body defining a receiving member adapted to mate with a perineal post of a distraction table, the unitary body having one or more perimeter surfaces extending between a base region and a top region thereof, the one or more perimeter surfaces defining: (i) opposing thigh-facing portions having flat or contoured areas that, in use, are configured to align with the patient's inner thighs, the flat or contoured areas being generally parallel to one another, and, in use, are adapted to be generally parallel to a sagittal plane of the patient and (ii) a groin-facing portion extending between the opposing thigh-facing portions, the groin-facing portion including a first recess that, in use, is configured to fit over a genital region of the patient; and a protective cup including (i) a housing that, in use, is configured to fit over the genital region of the patient, the housing having a perimeter, and (ii) a pair of opposing wings extending from opposite sides of the perimeter of the housing that, in use, are configured to define a saddle-shaped transition extending from the patient's groin to the patient's inner thighs; wherein the first recess of the protective pad is configured to fit over the housing of the protective cup thereby also fitting over the genital region of the patient, wherein:
each wing of the pair of opposing wings defines an arcuate region adapted to transition between the groin and the inner thigh region of the patient, that, in use, is configured to extend a length of the patient's inner thigh from the patient's groin, wherein the pair of opposing wings are a semi-flexible material, such that in use flexing of the pair of opposing wings redistributes forces from the patient's groin along the length of the patient's inner thigh through the pair of opposing wings of the protective cup; and
the arcuate region is configured to be conformable relative to an anatomical transition between the patient's groin and the patient's inner thighs.