Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1992-06-26
1995-01-31
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 13, 126DIG20, A61F 500
Patent
active
053855388
ABSTRACT:
A cloth body having a central knee hole wrapped around a patient's knee to treat knee flexion contractures. Hook and loop straps secure the cloth body to the patient's knee. Longitudinally extending pockets on opposite sides of the knee hole contain a longitudinal support element and an air bladder. Inflation of the air bladder supports the patient's knee in a rigid position.
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Apley Richard J.
D'mannco, Inc.
Larson Herbert W.
Meindl Beverly A.
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