Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1990-04-12
1991-04-16
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
128399, 128403, 128166, A61F 300
Patent
active
050074164
ABSTRACT:
An orthopedic splint comprise a pair of arcuately shaped shell members to which are fastened on the interior surface thereof a foam pad and a flexible therapeutic insert in the form of a pad or a bladder that is filled with a gel material. The arrangement is such that when the shell members are fitted about the lower extremity of a leg and the pad or gel bags have been suitably cooled, the entire assembly may be fitted about the lower leg above the ankle and held in place by means of suitable encircling fastener straps and lacing.
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patent: 4905998 (1990-03-01), Last
Burns Gary
Burns Paul W.
Apley Richard J.
Doyle Jennifer L.
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