Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1999-07-14
2000-11-14
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 5, 602 7, 602 8, 602 9, 602 12, 602 16, A61F 500
Patent
active
061463442
ABSTRACT:
A lower limb orthotic brace to control the movement of the lower limb of a patient comprising a contoured orthotic contact shell and an integral load-bearing frame, the contoured orthotic contact shell comprises at least one layer of fabric impregnated with a hardened structural resin forming an inner orthotic contact surface conforming to the outer surface of the lower limb of the patient and the integral load-bearing frame comprises at least one reinforcing member extending along the contoured orthotic contact shell including a plurality of bundled continuous composite fibers woven in a multidirectional tubular braid impregnated with a hardened structural resin with at least one side of the braid in contact with the contoured orthotic contact shell along the entire length of the braid such that the hardened resins impregnating the fabric of the contoured orthotic contact shell combine with the resins impregnating the braid thereby forming a continuous integral structural matrix encapsulating both the braid and the contoured orthotic contact shell.
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Brown Michael A.
Fisher III A. W.
Hamilton Lalita
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