Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1992-07-10
1993-07-27
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 26, 602 16, A61F 500
Patent
active
052306950
ABSTRACT:
An orthopedic knee brace which includes a thigh cuff and which also includes a pair of inflatable air pillows interposed between the thigh cuff and the thigh of the wearer to prevent slippage. The air pillows are mounted on the cuff to be located on the opposite sides of the femur of the wearer within the medial femoral hollows in position to engage the femoral condyles. A unique miniature pump is also provided for inflating the air pillows.
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Nauert Richard
Rothenberg Russell A.
Silver Daniel M.
Apley Richard J.
Beecher Keith D.
Dvorak Linda C. M.
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