Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-30
2005-08-30
Dahbour, Fadi H. (Department: 3743)
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
C602S026000, C602S020000, C602S062000, C128S878000, C128S882000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06936020
ABSTRACT:
An orthopedic splint for a patient having a limb including an upper limb, a lower limb, and a joint therebetween, and being useful for therapeutically stretching the soft tissue of the limb. The orthopedic splint includes a flexible support member having a distal end and a proximal end thereof. A first contact pad is rotatably attached to the proximal end of said flexible support member and is disposed for distributing load to the underside of the upper limb. A second support pad attached to the distal end of said flexible support member is disposed for distributing load to the underside of the lower limb; and, a third support pad is attached to a fulcrum disposed near the center of the flexible support member and being disposed for distributing load to the topside of the upper limb and in close proximity to said joint. Accordingly, the orthopedic splint provides therapeutic traction to the limb while placing the limb in a self-aligning suspension sling arrangement.
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Dahbour Fadi H.
Richebourg J. Ronald
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