Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1994-04-26
1995-08-29
Hafer, Robert A.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
2 44, 128876, 128845, A61F 500, A61G 1500
Patent
active
054456010
ABSTRACT:
A lower back support device for use in applying force to the lumbar vertebrae of the human spinal column. The device has a support plate attached to a pair of inner bands, for encircling the wearers' body to position the support plate. It also has a one-piece outer band, which fastens to its outside of the inner band to pass the plate toward the back of the wearer.
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Hafer Robert A.
Kirk, Jr. John R.
O'Neill Michael
TBC Orthopedics, Inc.
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