Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1996-02-21
1997-12-02
Dvorak, Linda C.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 6, 602 7, 602 8, 602 16, A61F 500
Patent
active
056930070
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for forming a custom fit knee orthosis is disclosed that includes forming a flat pre-assembled knee orthosis in which upper and lower support blanks made of rigid carbon fiber and plastic resin composite materials are connected in a flat, rigid state by joint mechanisms, and the knee orthosis is shipped to a orthopedist or orthopedic assembly facility in a flat condition with the blanks of composite material still in their flat pre-cured state. The orthopedist or orthopedic assembly facility heat softens the blanks and reshapes them to conform to the contours of a particular patient's leg, with only minor finishing operations being required after the reshaped blanks have set.
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Dvorak Linda C.
Safran David S.
Townsend Design
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