Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Bandage structure – Support covering
Patent
1998-02-17
1999-10-26
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Bandage structure
Support covering
602 2, 602 14, 602 20, 607108, 607112, A61F 500, A61F 700
Patent
active
059719478
ABSTRACT:
A tennis elbow band with a body having an end tab at one end, a strap portion, a thermal packet pocket secured to the strap at a position remote from the end tab, and a combination leverage loop and shield at the far end remote from the end tab to give mechanical assistance in tightening the band prior to securement by the end tab overlapping a portion of the strap. The thermal packet pocket is positioned immediately at the leverage loop at the end of the strap and removably receives a thermal packet. The method of the present invention is directed primarily to determining the condition of the patient, and thereafter removing the thermal packet and conditioning it to the desired temperature of either cold or heat and thereafter inserting the same into the band pocket. Once inserted into the band, the tab is passed through the leverage loop which causes the shield to engage the outer surface of the limb and protect from pinching which might otherwise occur as the strap wraps around the leverage loop and the end tab is thereafter secured on the body portion midway between the end tab and the pocket.
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Falk Rhonda M.
McNally William L.
Apley Richard J.
Dominik Jack E.
Fla Orthopedics, Inc.
Lee Kim M.
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