Claims
- 1. A limb supporting apparatus adaptable for use during surgery and mountable to a standard operating table having an end portion with opposed sides comprising:
- a pair of support bars each having end portions;
- clamp means for mounting said support bars to opposed sides of the operating table so that said end portions of said support bars extend generally vertically upward above the table;
- connecting bar means secured between said end portions;
- limb supporting means secured to said connecting bar means comprising:
- a pair of inner tines attached to an inner base means for interconnecting said inner tines;
- a pair of outer tines mounted in telescopic relationship to said inner tines and attached to an outer base means for interconnecting said outer tines;
- limb support mounting means connecting said inner base means for mounting said limb supporting means to said connecting bar means; and
- tension indicating means engagable with said inner and outer base means for directly indicating the tension between said inner and outer base means.
- 2. The limb supporting apparatus of claim 1 wherein said tension indicating means comprises a mechanical device having an analog gauge readout.
- 3. The limb supporting apparatus of claim 1 wherein said tension indicating means comprises an electronic device having a digital readout.
- 4. The limb supporting apparatus of claim 1 further comprising tension adjustment means connecting said inner base means for variably adjusting the tension between said outer and inner base means by varying the distance of said inner base means from said connecting bar means.
- 5. The limb supporting apparatus of claim 4 wherein said limb support mounting means comprises an elongated connecting rod and said tension adjustment means comprises an angularly rotatable crank means for longitudinally displacing said connector rod.
- 6. The limb supporting apparatus of claim 1 further comprising limb securement means for securing a limb to said outer tines.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 183,636 filed Apr. 19, 1988 now abandoned.
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