Limb brace or immobilizer

Details Limb brace or immobilizer Limb brace or immobilizer

1990-07-05

1991-11-12

Apley, Richard J.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128 80F, 128 87R, A61F 500

Patent

active

050639170

ABSTRACT:
A limb brace or immobilizer having at least two relatively rigid support arms extending medially and laterally along opposite sides of a wearer's limb, each support arm having a limb-contacting plate of arcuate cross-sectional configuration and a traction plate connected to or formed integrally with the limb-contacting plate. Each traction plate has a pair of wing portions extending anteriorly and posteriorly in relation to the limb-support arm and spaced outwardly from the limb-contacting plate, with the span of the wing portions being substantially less than the anterior-posterior dimensions of the associated limb-contacting plate. Attachment straps are adjustably secured to the wing portions and join corresponding wing portions of the traction plates on opposite sides of a wearer's limb to secure the assembly in limb-bracing or limb-immobilizing condition.

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patent: 4019504 (1977-04-01), Sterling
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patent: 4776326 (1988-10-01), Young et al.
patent: 4941465 (1990-07-01), Borschneck
"The Tracker Knee Brace," Depuy promotional literature copyrighted 1984.
"Introducing Zimmer Flex 10," Zimmer promotional literature copyrighted 1986.

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