DR. MARSHALL ZABLEN, MD
Osteopathic Medicine at Sepulveda Blvd, Van Nuys, CA

4438763, Mar 27, 1984

Aug 2, 1982

6/404505

Marshall A. Zablen - Sherman Oaks CA

A61M 514, A45F 500

128133

The present invention provides ambulatory support means for use in combination with an intravenous delivery system. The intravenous delivery system typically includes a container for containing a particular solution for delivery into the circulatory system of a patient and a delivering apparatus for delivering the particular solution into the circulatory system of the patient. The intravenous system may include a driving apparatus, such as gravity or a pump, for providing the energy which is required to drive the particular solution from the container through the delivering apparatus into the circulatory system of the patient. In one form of the invention an ambulatory vest includes a back panel and a pair of front panels, the supporting apparatus including a pole and a device for attaching the pole to the vest and device for coupling the bottle of the intravenous system to the pole. In another form, the invention includes (a) a relatively rigid support sized to fit adjacent the back of a human patient, and having means thereon to mount an upwardly extending member which in turn is adapted to carry an intravenous liquid container, (b) a belt section adapted to extend adjacent the abdomen of the wearer, the belt having adjustable connection to lower extent of the support, to provide abdominal support after surgery, and (c) first flexible strap means connected between the support and the belt so that the strap means then extends upwardly between the belt at the front of the wearer, and upper extent of the support. In addition, a strap may be provided to retain a fluid container, i. e.