Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1996-09-23
1998-11-24
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 23, A61F 500
Patent
active
058400508
ABSTRACT:
A post-operative hip brace for preventing hip dislocations during recovery of a patient including a waist strap and an upper leg strap that fits around the upper thigh of the patient. The two straps are spaced apart and extend generally parallel to each other, and support the top and bottom of a vertically extending thin, generally flat semi-rigid hip support for extending along the side of the hip. The hip support includes a plurality of long narrow, generally parallel, vertically-extending, horizontally spaced, semi-rigid metal stays extending between the waist strap and the upper leg strap along the side of the hip joint. The stays are malleable and can be shaped manually to a desired configuration for matching the shape of the patient's hip in the area of the surgical incision. The stays are each removable from long narrow sleeves on the support. The inside of the hip support also includes a spacer that overlies the incision to provide cushioning.
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Apley Richard J.
Pothier Denise
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