KIVA SHTULL, MD
Osteopathic Medicine at First Pl, Cleveland, OH
License number
Ohio 051031
Category
Osteopathic Medicine
Type
Emergency Medicine
Address
Address
7601 First Pl STE 7A, Cleveland, OH 44146
Phone
(440) 799-3741
(216) 431-0927
(216) 431-0927
Professional information
Pillow For Ritual Circumcisions And Method
US Patent:
4790041, Dec 13, 1988
Filed:
Nov 5, 1987
Appl. No.:
7/117057
Inventors:
Kiva Y. Shtull - South Euclid OH
International Classification:
A47C 2715
US Classification:
5431
Abstract:
A pillow (1) for ritual circumcisions, includes a main support body (4), bottom walls (6) proximate a pair of opposite edges of the bottom of the main support body for defining therewith a contoured area (12) to fit relatively securely on the lap of a person, and top walls (5) proximate a pair of opposite edges of the top of the main support body for defining therewith a contoured area (11) to receive and to support a baby therein.
A method of performing ritual circumcision during which a baby is held on the lap of a person by using a pillow having a predetermined bottom concave contour having an axis and a predetermined concave contour having an axis, includes placing a pillow on the lap of such person, generally centering and stabilizing such the pillow on the lap of such person according to such contour, and placing the baby on the top of such pillow generally centered relative to the concave contour thereof and extending along the axis of such contour.