ITTF - TEMPORARY IMMOBILIZER WITH PROXIMAL FEMUR TRACTION: DEVICE DESCRIPTION AND POTENTIALITIES

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.1594812429084

• Palavras-chave: Femur fracture; traction immobilization, pre-hospital care

• Keywords: Femur fracture; traction immobilization, pre-hospital care

• Abstract:

  Trauma is considered a public health problem. Femur fractures in the adult population have an epidemiological characteristic of being bimodal. The use of immobilizers in lower limbs in pre-hospital care is consensus and aims to recover the anatomy, stabilize the fracture focus, reduce pain stimulus and the progression of hemorrhage due to trauma. The use of traction associated with immobilizers can represent a gain in these parameters. Objective: to describe and analyze the potential of the temporary immobilizing device for the proximal femur in trauma, radiolucent, patented in 2022. Methodology: This is a descriptive and comparative analysis of the patented device in the initial technological maturity process, using the descriptors and scientific search platforms (BIREME, PUBMED, SCIELO and GOOGLE PATENTS) in English, Portuguese and Spanish; as well as between the last 5 years. Using searches in the databases with the descriptors “femur fracture”; “restraints”; “trauma”; “pre-hospital care”. Result: among the current devices found on the market, the present invention stands out for having a radiolucent presentation, in addition to allowing traction maintained without the use of mechanisms external to the device. Conclusion: Given the differences and potential of the immobilizer with traction, it may be possible to keep it on the patient from pre-hospital care to imaging exams in the emergency room.