Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1982-12-28
1985-11-05
Mancene, Gene
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128 94, 128165, 128134, A61F 1300, A61F 540
Patent
active
045507244
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an orthopedic vest for support and restrainment in the treatment of subjects to trauma and surgery of the shoulder, scapular arch and upper limb.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Numerous devices aimed at achieving the support and restrainment of this upper part of the body have already been proposed. Most frequently they are bandages having multiple disadvantages, either related to a frequent lack of strength and resistance of the bandage itself, or to difficulties in maintaining it, resulting in the necessity to frequently redo it. When these bandagess are meant to be used only once their cost is high. At the same time there have been reactions of intolerance by the skin in the case when certain adhesive systems have been used, these bandages do not generally afford comfort to the patient because it is not possible to conveniently provide hygiene or the necessary. local care without undoing or destroying the bandages. Finally, the elbow which often is not affected by the trauma or the surgery, finds itself frequently blocked by the bandage and becomes the location of thereto unrelated pains and sometimes intolerable ankylosis.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provde an improved means to alleviate these inconveniences by proposing an orthopedic vest allowing a comfortable and adjustable immobilization and restrainment of the shoulder, scapular arch and upper arm limb of the subjects of trauma and surgery. It is another object to provide an orthopedic means which can be easily applied and removed at any moment to allow a local sporadic intervention for personal hygiene, dressing of wounds, ablation of the stitches, and application of a local treatment.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention, the orthopedic vest consists essentially of three joined panels, the first one having a basic portion to restrain the rear portion of the thorax, and extending laterally to a chest portion for the restrainment of the front portion of the thorax, shoulder and upper arm, limb which in turn, extends itself laterally to a second panel for the restrainment of the rear part of the shoulder and upper arm limb and for receiving at least one part of the first panel and keeping it in place, the chest portion being extended over one portion of its lower side by a third panel meant to serve as a rest for the forearm, the panels being provided on both faces with closing and progressive fastening means, permitting the vest to be used with no difference on the left and on the right by simply reversing it.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the first panel is substantially rectangular and is extended laterally by on its lower side by a substsantially horizontal line extending the length of the lower side of the first panel, its upper part being formed with an ascendantly concave curve and at the side opposite to the back portion with a descendantly convex curve prolonged with a substantially vertical line, the first panel being joined at this location, by sewing or any other suitable means, to the second panel whose assembly edge has the same profile, the second panel being in addition bordered at its upper side by an oblique line and at its lower side by a substantially horizontal line which extends from the lower edge of the first panel and on its unattached side by a substantially vertical line; the third panel is of substantially rectangular shape and joined at one of its larger sides with the lower part of the chest portion.
In accordance with one of the embodiments of the invention the joining line between the first and the second panel is interrupted at its lower part by a split being provided in the adjoining panels to allow the passage of the forearm.
According to another embodiment, the joining line between the first and the second panel is temporarily interrupted and an opposed indentation is provided on both sides of this interruption, in the adjoining panels allowing the creation of an ope
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Dubno Herbert
Mancene Gene
Ross Karl F.
Shedd C. W.
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