Orthopaedic body jackets

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1988-09-27

1990-09-18

Burr, Edgar S.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128 68, A61F 502

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active

049571036

ABSTRACT:
An orthopaedic body jacket including a semi-rigid thermoplastic shell adapted to be fitted and fastened around the abdomen of a patient. The shell has a constricted waist portion and outwardly flared upper and lower portions. An integrally moulded lateral portion extends upwardly from the flared lower portion and has an upper end protruding outwardly a substantial distance from the constricted waist portion. The lateral portion has a vertically-extending externally-facing channel that opens laterally outwardly from the shell and provides a straight, outwardly-facing planar surface for mounting an orthotic component in any of a plurality of positions of vertical adjustment.

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Orthopaedic Review, An Easier Way to make a Milwaukee Brace, vol. V, No. 2, Feb. 1976, pp. 47-52.

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