Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Protective covering means for a bandage or cast
Patent
1995-06-29
1997-07-01
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Protective covering means for a bandage or cast
A61F 500
Patent
active
056431830
ABSTRACT:
A waterproof cover for casts and bandages on extremities is disclosed. The cover includes an elongated sleeve of transparent polyethylene having a thickness between about 0.001 and 0.006 inches and a length greater than its width. The sleeve has a face side and an obverse side and a distal end and a proximal end. It is hermetically sealed at its distal end thus forming a waterproof cover. A hook and loop fastener is used for affixing the cover on the extremity. A first strip of the hook and loop fastener is disposed on the proximal end of the face side of the sleeve, the first strip having an array of plastic hooks disposed thereon. The first strip extends substantially across the entire width of the face side and the hooks face outwardly from the sleeve. A second strip of loops is disposed on the proximal end of the obverse side. A covering of soft fleece is disposed on the face side. The second strip has a length greater than the width of the sleeve whereby to form extensions to engage the hooks on the first strip. The second strip is joined to the obverse side at its middle thereby leaving the distal ends of the second strip to be unrestricted in movement and to allow portions of the obverse side to be folded and gathered within the sleeve and secured in place by the second strip, thereby to form a water resistant cover when placed upon an extremity.
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Apley Richard J.
Lee Kim M.
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