Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1993-09-07
1996-11-12
Dvorak, Linda C.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 5, 602 27, 602 23, 428246, A61F 500
Patent
active
055735010
ABSTRACT:
A laminated, plastic orthotic device custom fitted to a wearer's extremity, typically a leg, wherein the orthotic includes a indicia bearing layer viewable on the outer surface of the orthotic. In one preferred embodiment, the device is fabricated from multiple layers of woven, reinforced and non-reinforced fabrics, adhesives, curable plastic resins and an image bearing layer. In other preferred embodiments, the device is fabricated of thermosetting plastic materials and an image bearing layer. The image layer may be comprised of woven fabric or non-woven materials which include drawings, insignias, photographs, textures or combinations thereof.
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Ruscito Joseph L.
Scarnati Frank P.
Dvorak Linda C.
Zielinski Robert F.
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