Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Bandage structure – Support covering
Patent
1996-10-28
1998-04-28
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Bandage structure
Support covering
602 2, 602 61, A61F 700
Patent
active
057438676
ABSTRACT:
A therapeutic wrapping device for a limb, particular the ankle includes a wrapping member cut and sewn from an elastic fabric and defining a central strip portion with an opening for engaging over the heel and two wing portions for wrapping over the top of the ankle. Three separate bags are provided each containing a thermal gel material and each having a hook and loop fastener strip for engaging a cooperating strip on an inside of the wrapping member. The strips on the wrapping member are arranged so that two are at the top of the device spaced either side of a center line and the third is below the opening and arranged across the center line. The bags are placed over the strips so that two are arranged each on a respective side of the Achilles tendon and the third lies under the foot.
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Apley Richard J.
Pothier Denise
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