Apparatus and method for airway patency and head immobilization

摘要

A jaw-thrust device includes a base with an extension arm disposed on each side of a patient's head mounted on the base. A mandible rest is mounted on each extension arm such that the mandible rest may be deployed proximate to a patient's mandible. A chin pad and at least one connector connects the chin strap to at least one of the base or extension arm; whereby jaw thrusting pressure on the mandible rests causes rotational force on the chin straps such that the patient's mouth opens without substantially tilting the patient's head. The device maintains an open airway unattended.

主权项

1. A jaw-thrust device comprising:
a base; a mandible rest adapted to be mounted in a position proximate to a patient's mandible; an extension apparatus, said extension apparatus being mounted on said base, said extension apparatus supporting said mandible rest; said extension apparatus being vertically extendable to move said mandible rest through jaw thrusting motion which biases the patient's mandible towards a natural movement of extension of the mandible; side bars, said side bars being mounted to deploy proximate to a patient's head, said deployment adapted to immobilize the patient's head; a chin pad; at least one strap, said at least one strap connecting said chin pad to at least one of said base or said extension apparatus and said at least one strap being non-extendible, said at least one strap being anchored to said base or said extension apparatus by at least one anchor adapted to be located at or below a patient's glenoid fossa; whereby said mandible rest is adapted to receive jaw thrusting pressure caused by said jaw thrusting motion and responsively cause rotational force on said chin pad, thereby rotating a patient's chin away from a patient's maxilla, causing a patient's mouth to move to an open position without substantially tilting the patient's head.