JEM CRADLE^®

Ankle Cradle and Knee Support System

Product Results

Stage V Pressure Ulcer

Patient’s Stage V pressure ulcer after months of wound care treatment – without success. Wound care treatment was halted and patient’s ankle was placed into the Ankle Cradle 18-20 hours per day.

After twenty days of using the Ankle Cradle and Knee Support System, the Pressure Ulcer is virtually gone & the patient can walk again. The results are clear and amazing!!

Safe & Comfortable

Constructed of open-cell foam that creates a safe, comfortable resting cradle for the knees and ankles during any type of surgical or interventional cardiology procedure where the patient is supine for more than 30 minutes. The system is also invaluable during long-term stays for immobile patients.

Mobility

This comfortable Ankle Cradle™ can easily be moved with the patient onto the transport gurney to PACU or any hospital bed. Once the patient is repositioned for recovery, their ankles can continue to be supported in the Ankle Cradle™, allowing for a more comfortable recovery.

Protection From Pressure

Using a simple yet unique design, our innovative system elevates the patient’s heels over the forward edge, giving necessary freedom and protection from heel pressure ulcers associated with laying in a static position on an OR or Cath Lab table, or any other bed within an acute care or long-term care setting.

The Knee Support portion also elevates the patient’s knees and provides enhanced, angled access to the femoral vascular system. Additionally, should the patient require a urinary catheter to be inserted for the procedure, the flexible tubing can slide unrestricted, under the patient’s thigh & drop directly down to the collection bag.

This is a huge improvement to the current & conventional situation of looping the urinary tubing over the patient’s quad (which can cause urine back-flow).

The Ankle Cradle and Knee Support System is remarkably inexpensive, simple and yet so effective, it will truly revolutionize the comfort and safety of all supine patients in the OR or Cath Lab.

Sizing

The small size is intended for pediatrics and adolescents, medium for teens and mid-sized adults, and large for larger patients.

Time-Saving

This fully patented & thoughtfully designed product saves time during patient care because it’s so simple to use. Just lift the patient’s knees onto the soft foam support and then position the ankles into any of the four positions available.

“Each year more than 2.5 million people in the US develop pressure ulcers.” [1]
“In 2013, a US Medicare study reported the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers to be 4.5% in hospitalized patients, with an estimated 11 billion dollars for the cost of pressure ulcer care.” [2]
“Cardiac surgery patients are one of the most at-risk patient populations in the incidence of hospital acquired pressure ulcers.” [2]
“Pressure ulcer formation related to positioning in the OR (or Cath Lab) is the leading cause of increased length of hospital stays among surgical patients, costing between $14,000 and $40,000 per patient.” [3]
“Pressure ulcer prevalence occurs at a rate of 8.5% or higher among all patients who undergo surgical procedures that last longer than three hours.” [3]
“Patients undergoing surgical procedures are at high risk for pressure ulcer development. When a surgical patient develops a pressure ulcer within 72 hours after his or her procedure, it most likely indicates that the ulcer occurred during surgery. The rate of intraoperatively acquired pressure ulcers ranges from 12% to 66% in surgical patients; caused by intense or prolonged pressure that is unrelieved for a long period of time, resulting in skin and underlying tissue damage.” [3]

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Creative Medical Devices is raising the standard of care by solving common medical challenges with practical,
innovative solutions.

[1] Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2014, October). Preventing pressure ulcers in hospitals. Retrieved from https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/pressureulcertoolkit/index.html.

[2] Truong, B., Grigson, E., Patel, M., & Liu, X. (2016, August 8). Pressure ulcer prevention in the hospital setting silicone foam dressings. Cureus, 8(8), e730. Retrieved from
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5016040/.

[3] Primiano, M., Friend, M., Mclure, C., Nardi, S., Fix, L., Schafer, M., Savochka, K., & McNett, M. (2011, December). Pressure ulcer prevalence and risk factors among prolonged surgical procedures in the OR.
AORN Journal, 94(6), 555-556. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4467017/.