Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1997-09-10
1999-02-09
Dvorak, Linda C. M.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 6, 602 7, A61F 500
Patent
active
058686932
ABSTRACT:
An athletic ankle brace is custom-formed to the shape of a wearer's ankle. The ankle brace includes a hardenable brace panel adapted for being molded while flexible to the medial and lateral aspects of the lower leg and ankle of the wearer. Upon hardening, the molded brace panel provides a rigid custom fit for restricting inversion and eversion of the foot during wear. The brace panel defines an integrally-formed hardenable posterior heel tongue adapted for being molded while flexible to the heel of the wearer and extending under the heel to further support the ankle upon hardening.
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Duback Jeffrey E.
Floyd Carole B.
Friday Mark G.
Dvorak Linda C. M.
Parker Medical Associates Limited Partnership
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