Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1997-03-24
2000-08-29
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 8, A61F 500
Patent
active
061101346
ABSTRACT:
A low temperature synthetic splint/orthotic material having affixed thereto a layer of gel-like viscoelastic padding having a compressibility such that upon normal application of the padded splinting material to a body part exhibiting such as bony prominences, that the padding compresses but does not bottom out under normal usage whereby the bony prominence is supported over its extent along with the rest of the body part. In preferred embodiments a cover of fabric, foam or polymeric film is bonded over the viscoelastic padding to isolate body tissue from possible discomfort associated with some properties of the padding material.
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Clark, Jr. John N.
Mercier Matthew J.
Apley Richard J.
Hart Kelvin E.
Smith & Nephew Inc.
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