Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Bandage structure – Support covering
Patent
1998-03-17
1999-11-30
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Bandage structure
Support covering
602 5, 602 26, A61F 1300, A61F 500
Patent
active
059934050
ABSTRACT:
A joint immobilizer includes a flexible wrap body with a central portion and two edges such that the central portion is adjacent an anterior or posterior side of a joint to be immobilized and the two edges are adjacent the opposite side of the joint when the wrap is disposed around the joint. The body is cut along the central portion to size the wrap to an actual joint. The body includes two chambers disposed to lie adjacent medial and lateral sides of the joint. A joint therapy method comprises sizing a lateral body member and a medial body member to a joint in a human or animal to be immobilized. This includes: identifying where the body members are to be cut relative to indicia on the body members; and cutting where identified. Additional steps include: connecting the body members so that the cut edges are adjacent; placing the connected body members around the joint such that the adjacent cut edges are on the posterior side of the joint and anterior edges of the body members are on the anterior side of the joint; inhibiting flexion of the joint with a support member; and securing the body members across the adjacent anterior edges. A lateral support and a medial support can be attached, and respective temperature members can be applied without removing the body members from the joint. The body members can be further cut to make a smaller therapeutic wrap.
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Apley Richard J.
Dura-Kold Corporation
Pothier Denise
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