Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1995-01-09
1996-08-06
Dvorak, Linda C.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 28, 602 16, 128882, A61F 500
Patent
active
055429122
ABSTRACT:
A plastic foot splint is provided which has a back portion, a heel portion, and a foot portion. A diagonally extending frame connects the heel and the foot portions. The frame is substantially rectangular in shape and has parallel spaced upper and lower brackets with the upper bracket being connected to the leg portion of the splint and the lower bracket being connected to the bottom of the foot portion of the splint. The opposite ends of the brackets are connected by pairs of arms with each pair of arms being comprised of a first arm element threadably extending into a second arm element so that the threadable engagement therebetween determines the effective length of each pair of arms. The first arm element is an elongated threaded cylinder-shaped screw with an elongated planar portion thereon, with indicia marks on the planar portion to permit visual detection of the threadable extension of the first arm element into the second arm element. The upper end of each pair of arms is pivotally secured respectively to one of the opposite ends of the upper bracket, and the lower end of each pair of arms is rotatably secured respectively to one of the opposite ends of the lower bracket. The threadable engagement of the lower arm element into the upper arm element fixes the effective length of the arm until the lower arm element is again manually rotated to increase or decrease the effective length of the arm.
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Dvorak Linda C.
Restorative Care of America Incorporated
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