Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1996-05-24
1998-07-21
Dvorak, Linda C.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
2 44, A61F 500
Patent
active
057827826
ABSTRACT:
A support belt to be worn around the waist of a person includes an elongated strip of rigid material constructed of a low density material such as polyethylene. The elongated strip of rigid material includes a center portion and a pair of ends. The elongated strip of rigid material is sized and shaped so as to encircle the waist of the person with the center portion positioned against the back of the person and the pair of ends positioned against the front of the person, the pair of ends being releasably fastenable together to secure the support belt around the waist of the person. The center portion of the elongated strip of rigid material is shaped to define an angle of lordosis of approximately 15 degrees in the lumbar spinal region. The elongated strip of rigid material includes a plurality of inwardly curved sections sized and shaped so as to urge against the iliac crests of the person.
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O & P System, Inc. of Avon, MA; 1 page Advertisement for the original 15.degree. Boston Scoliosis Brace.
Boston Brace International Inc.
Dvorak Linda C.
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