Accession Number:

ADD002856

Title:

Inflight Intravenous Bottle Holder.

Descriptive Note:

Patent,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Wilson,Myrl E.

Report Date:

1976-06-29

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

The patent discloses a bottle holder assembly in a preferred embodiment adapted for use as an inflight intravenous bottle holder aboard an aircraft on an aeromedical airlift mission. The holder comprises a cradle, generally configurated in the form of an inverted T, with an upper and a lower end and with a slot in each end, and with each end bent backwardly a hook removably connected to the upper end and, a strap subassembly attached to the cradle and suitably configurated and dimensioned to accept a standard intravenous bottle which is in the inverted, operative position. The intravenous bottle holder is removably attachable to, and slideably movable along, any one of the plurality of conventional litter support straps which such an aircraft is equipped.

Descriptors:

• *Patents
• *Medical equipment
• Bottles
• Holders
• Parenteral infusions
• Inflight
• Aeromedical evacuation
• Aircraft

Subject Categories:

• Medical Facilities, Equipment and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE