Raised superimposed toilet seat for total hip arthroplasty patients
CA 2058666 C · Owner: Bel-Art Products, Inc. · Inventors: Locarno, Michael M.
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A raised superimposed toilet seat is adapted to fit on a conventional toilet seat and is contoured to particularly meet the needs of patients who have undergone unilateral or bilateral total hip replacement procedures. The seat is contoured so that when the patient is seated thereon the, patient's legs are kept adducted in the proper position ensuring that the patient's hips are placed with the proper amount of hip flexion and abduction to prevent hip dislocation.
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- Filed December 31, 1991 and granted November 1, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 31, 2011.
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