Surgical treatment method and apparatus

Claim 1

Surgical treatment apparatus for use in treating hand and foot wounds to human beings, comprising: a chair having a seat supported by legs and arm rests above the level of the seat; a surgical treatment tray, said tray including central aperture means adapted to removably fittingly receive a cleansing solution basin therein, said central aperture means being of sufficient size to receive a basin in which a person''s foot may be fully immersed, means on opposite sides of said aperture means for removably holding a surgical instrument tray to the top of said treatment tray, and a pair of rod members secured in planar alignment to the bottom surface thereof and extending perpendicularly outwardly therefrom in parallel directions and spaced from one another; means for locating and removably mounting said surgical treatment tray adjacent the front side of said chair at both an arm-rest height and a foot-rest height, said means comprising a pair of parallel, horizontally aligned, hollow rod members secured to said chair on opposite sides of the chair seat at arm-rest level adapted to slidably telescopically receive therein said rod members secured to said surgical treatment tray, and a pair of parallel, horizontally aligned, hollow rod members secured to the chair legs below the chair seat adapted to slidably telescopically receive therein said rod members secured to said surgical treatment tray; whereby wounded hands and feet may be surgically treated by seating a patient in said chair, attaching said treatment tray thereto at the desired level, and thereafter cleansing and dressing the wound.