Knee brace having an inflatable bladder support

Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace

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602 5, 602 13, A61F 504

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054625173

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. Latitudinally extending pockets surrounding the posterior portion of the thigh and calf contain a flexible support element.

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patent: 4379463 (1983-04-01), Meier et al.
patent: 4872448 (1989-10-01), Johnson, Jr.
patent: 5385538 (1995-01-01), Mann

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