Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Bandage structure – Support covering
Patent
1997-06-05
1999-07-20
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Bandage structure
Support covering
602 63, A61F 1300
Patent
active
059250100
ABSTRACT:
Elastic athletic or orthopedic supports for body parts such as the knee, thigh or ankle have a generally tubular sleeve made of an elastic "multi-directional" resilient stretch fabric that surrounds the body part. A patch having at least one lamination of neoprene or the like is attached within the sleeve. The patch is sized, shaped and positioned on the support element to provide a therapeutic warming to only a portion of the body part. Preferably the patch includes the second lamination of an absorbent fabric liner that is coextensive with, and secured to, the neoprene layer. The neoprene layer has a plurality of holes that extend through it to remove moisture. The liner can have like aligned holes. The liner and the patch are sewn, edge-sewn, adhered, heat-laminated, or otherwise attached to one another and to the sleeve. For a knee or elbow, the patch is generally diamond shape with its wide ends truncated and the elastic sleeve may have an opening at the rear of the knee or the inside of the elbow. For a wrist, ankle or thigh, the patch is generally a strip that wraps or extends over the injured region, with openings in the wrist and ankle sleeves for the thumb and heel, respectively. For an ankle, the strip curves downwardly at its ends to cover the ankle bone directly.
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Carol Wright Gifts, 1991 Advertisement, "Therapeutic Knee Brace".
Apley Richard J.
Pothier Denise
Tru-Fit Marketing Corporation
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