Pneumatic leg stiffener

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1983-03-09

1984-09-04

Frinks, Ronald L.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

3 20, 128DIG20, A61F 102, A61F 108, A61F 112

Patent

active

044688210

ABSTRACT:
An artificial limb consisting of a tubular member having inner and outer walls and formed by at least three interconnected side-by-side air inflatable compartments fabricated from an air impervious flexible material. The stump of a patient's limb may be inserted into one end of the tubular member, which preferably tapers therefrom towards the other end, and is gripped by the inner walls thereof when the compartments are inflated. Below the stump the inner walls interengage with one another as the compartments inflate and in order to provide a sufficiently rigid pylon to fully support the patient's weight a plurality of rigid longitudinal stiffening members are disposed around, and cooperate with, the outer walls of the tubular member. Preferably the stiffening members are hingedly interconnected along longitudinal marginal side edges and fabricated from a single sheet of rigid transparent thermoplastic material such as polyvinylchloride.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2823668 (1958-02-01), Van Court et al.
patent: 3889301 (1975-06-01), Bonner, Sr.
patent: 4128903 (1978-12-01), Marsh et al.
patent: 4300245 (1981-11-01), Saunders

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