Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1997-03-28
1999-04-06
Dvorak, Linda C. M.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 20, 602 26, A61F 500
Patent
active
058910689
ABSTRACT:
An orthotic device is disclosed which is useful for extending the range of angular movement between adjacent first and second skeletal body parts which are and have been drawn to and involuntarily held in an immobile angular position relative to one another by contraction of muscles and connective tissue due to immobility. The orthotic device comprises first and second orthotic device portions which are interconnected for permitting pivotal angular motion therebetween for establishing an initial angle therebetween. The device is constructed for operatively applying or detachably attaching the first orthotic device portion to the first body part and the second orthotic device portion to the second body part after the second body part has been pivoted by an externally-applied force to an increased angular position relative to the second body part, the first and second orthotic device portions being then an initial angular position relative to one another which corresponds to the increased angular position of the second body part. A spring is connected between the first and first orthotic device portions for urging the second orthotic device portion to return to its initial angular position relative to the first orthotic device portion when the second orthotic device portion is pulled by the applied first body part through muscular contraction and/or the elastic properties of the muscles and connective tissue from the increased angular position toward the first angular position of the second body part relative to the first body part. The orthotic device may be configured for use with an arm, leg, ankle, head, back and other skeletal body parts.
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Dvorak Linda C. M.
Lambert Howard R.
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