Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1995-08-31
1997-10-07
Dvorak, Linda C.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 16, A61F 500
Patent
active
056741880
ABSTRACT:
An improved condylar platen an pad construction for use with most types of hinges used in orthopedica and orthotic appliances integrates, by moulding, a hinge back plate with a joint pad platen and shimming means. The platen has a flexible margin portion disposed about an extension molded peripheral to the enclosed hinge back plate. The flexible margin may be contoured for conformability to a joint. The extension creates a recess between the flexible margin and the hinge back plate. A joint pad is air and foam filled and a central portion of it fits within the recess of the platen and a peripheral portion locates on the flexible margin. The condylar pad is covered overall by a bonnet. The improved condylar platen construction eliminates drag between a platen and hinge arms and accelerates and eases manufacture by reducing and combining parts. The instant pad is more versatile and functionally effective than prior art pads.
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