Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1997-10-02
1998-12-29
Dvorak, Linda C.M.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
1281001, A61F 500
Patent
active
058533788
ABSTRACT:
A lumbo-sacral orthopedic brace apparatus is formed of flexible materials to fit over a patient's torso and has a front flexible section shaped to fit over the front of a patient's torso and covered with a hook and loop fastener loop material. A plurality of flexible straps are attached to the brace front section on either side thereof by being attached to a hook and loop fastener hook strap which is attached to the brace front section loop material. A rear flexible section is shaped to fit over the rear of a patient's torso and has a plurality of loops attached to each side thereof by being attached to a hook and loop hook strap which is attached to the brace rear section loop material. The hook straps are able to be attached to the front or to the back at any angle at any point across the entire front or back, respectively, rapidly altering the orthosis to accommodate a broad range of figure types. The straps on the front flexible section are looped through the loops on the rear section and are connected in groups to common flexible straps. Pulling one common strap pulls a plurality of straps through the loops. Each common strap has hook material attached thereto so that the common strap can be attached to the front section loop material in different positions and angles to adjust the stress of the rear flexible member on the rear of a patient's torso.
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Dvorak Linda C.M.
Hobby III William M.
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