Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1992-07-01
1994-05-31
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 13, 602 16, A61F 500
Patent
active
053165470
ABSTRACT:
An orthopedic brace is provided having one or more pads mounted thereon to provide secure and comfortable support for the brace when positioned against the body of a user. Each pad includes at least one pneumatic bladder, formed from a flexible skin permanently sealed to enclose a volume of gas therein. In a first embodiment, the brace has a point pad mounted thereon which is configured to conform to a surface of the body overlying a skeletal protrusion. The point pad contains a bladder having a substantially closed-loop configuration circumscribing the skeletal protrusion and having an interior opening to receive the protrusion. In a second embodiment, the brace has an areal pad mounted thereon which is configured to conform to a surface of the body overlying a curved, but relatively level, skeletal structure or soft tissue. The areal pad is a plurality of interconnected gas-inflated chambers that are maintained in fluid isolation from one another by flexible seams positioned between adjacent chambers. Alternatively, the areal pad is a bladder having a plurality of interconnected gas-inflated segments that are in fluid communication with one another via flow channels provided through the flexible seams positioned between adjacent segments. In either case, the flexible seams act as a pivot enabling articulation of the pad.
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Apley Richard J.
Brown Rodney F.
Dvorak Linda C. M.
Smith & Nephew Donjoy Inc.
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