Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1993-11-08
1995-02-07
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 23, 602 5, 128882, A61F 500
Patent
active
053871855
ABSTRACT:
A hingeless splint that provides immobilization of the knee in varying degrees of extension or maximal extension. The device is mostly open around the knee for comfort and permits convenient application of supplemental cold and compression dressings to be used therewith.
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Johnson, Jr. Glenn W.
McVicker Henry J.
Aircast Incorporated
Apley Richard J.
Dvorak Linda C. M.
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