Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1993-11-09
1998-05-19
Dye, Rena
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 21, 602 22, 602 26, 602 27, 428 345, 428 349, 428 352, 428 361, 428 364, 428 365, 428 368, 428 369, 428 3691, 428137, 428158, 428220, 428230, 428253, 428254, 428913, 524 921, 264DIG71, A61F 501
Patent
active
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ABSTRACT:
Orthopedic casts which comprise an elastically deformed support which is held in its elastically deformed state by a solid casting composition. After the cast has been placed around a patient's limb, it is heated to soften the casting composition, thus permitting recovery of the cast into conforming contact with the limb. The support can for example be a fabric knitted from elastomeric fibers and glass fiber yarns. The casting composition can for example comprise polycaprolactone and/or a side chain crystallizable polymer, which melts at 45.degree.-60.degree. C. A padded liner can be placed between the cast and the limb. Recovery of the cast is preferably carried out by means of a hot air gun.
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Bitler Steven P.
Greene Lawrence C.
Kamp David A.
Larson Andrew W.
Ross Thomas W.
Dye Rena
Landec Corporation
Richardson Timothy H. P.
Sheldon Jeffrey G.
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