Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1997-12-16
2000-12-05
Yu, Mickey
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 6, A61F 1300
Patent
active
061559970
ABSTRACT:
A custom ankle brace which is made to compensate for debilitating conditions of an individual patient's ankle area. The brace is custom made by creating a negative cast of the patient's foot/ankle/lower-leg; and then prescribed markings are included on the negative cast by the castmaker to indicate the desired geometry of support. The markings are transferable to a positive cast to inform the bracemaker. The custom brace has inner and outer material layers with a stiffening element within, all fitted to the shape of a built-up positive cast, the stiffening element having a unitary horizontal partial sole portion and vertical back-and-sides-of-leg portion. The stiffening element, made from a thin polymeric sheet, is vacuum and heat fitted to the built-up positive cast.
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Pothier Denise
Stoneman Martin L.
Yu Mickey
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