Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1999-03-22
2000-07-25
Lee, Kim M.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 60, 602 61, A61F 500
Patent
active
060931639
ABSTRACT:
A unitary device for the correction of hallux valgus is made of an elastomeric fabric material that includes a large portion that encloses the forefoot cirumferentially, and a smaller portion that encloses the great toe circumferentially. The fabric for constructing the device is cut in such a way that there is a bias towards varus of the great toe. Once the device is applied on the great toe and forefoot, the bias of the cut exerts a varus force on the great toe, thus correcting the valgus deformity.
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Chong Andrew K.
Chong Catherine S.
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