Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1992-03-10
1993-06-01
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
128882, A61F 500
Patent
active
052155188
ABSTRACT:
An orthopedic device for securement to the shoes of a patient to be treated to limit the relative angulation and spacing between the shoes while permitting some up and down movement of the feet of a wearer. The device is formed with an elongate connecting member, with selectively detachable securing elements, one at each end thereof. One of the securing elements is formed as a hook with a spring pressed dog extending from the connecting member to engage the free end of the hook. Another of the securing elements is formed as a strap, one end of which is secured to the connecting member and the other end adjustably engaged with the connecting member. Anchoring elements are provided on said shoes for pivotal engagement by said securing elements, with the anchoring elements adapted for affixation to the shoes of a patient. The anchoring elements and securing elements are pivotally interengaged, with a combined length less than the length of the shortest of the connected shoes, whereby the connected shoes may be moved up and down at an angle to each other, while limiting the relative spacing between the shoes, and the possible range of movement of the shoes from a position substantially parallel to each other to one in which the feet of the patient have been rotated from a substantially parallel position.
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Apley Richard J.
Dvorak Linda C. M.
Fiddler Robert W.
Misaro Industries, Ltd.
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