Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Bandage structure – Support covering
Patent
1995-06-05
1996-08-13
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Bandage structure
Support covering
602 23, 2 2, A61F 1300, A41D 1300
Patent
active
055451284
ABSTRACT:
A garment, in one embodiment of the invention, reduces the risk of bone fracture of a human or animal subject due to impact forces on a vulnerable region having a bone part near the skin surface when the vulnerable region is proximate to a soft tissue region lacking a bone part near the skin surface. The garment has an arrangement for shunting a substantial portion of the impact energy from the vulnerable region to the soft tissue region, where such energy may be safely absorbed and/or dissipated. In a further embodiment, there is utilized a dilatent material that is relatively stiff near the time of impact and relatively fluid at other times. Related methods are also provided.
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Hayes Wilson C.
McMahon Thomas A.
Robinovitch Stephen N.
Apley Richard J.
Beth Israel Hospital
Flanagan Beverly M.
President and Fellows of Harvard College
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