Universal surgical binder

摘要

A surgical binder of a predetermined length for encircling and supporting a body member within a wide range of sizes. The binder is characterized by having at least one removable portion for adjustment of the length thereof to fit a smaller size body member within the range without having an excessive overlap. The binder comprises an elongate base panel having a length sufficient to encircle a certain size body member, and at least one end panel. Means are provided for releasably securing the end panel to the base panel to allow the end panel to serve as an extension for accommodating the binder to a larger size body member. A first fastening member is carried by the base panel, and a second fastening member is carried by each of the base panel and the end panel for being selectively, independently and releasably interconnected with the first fastening member. The end panel may thus be removed from the binder to reduce the overlap thereof when the size of the body member of the wearer does not require the presence of the end panel and the first fastening member is interconnected with the second fastening member of the base panel.