Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1996-04-17
1998-04-21
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 26, 607108, 607112, 607114, A61F 501, A61F 700
Patent
active
057412200
ABSTRACT:
A brace for a joint, such as a knee, is used with an underlying pad that extends continuously under the entire length of the brace. In use, the brace is secured to the pad such that a proximal portion of the brace engages an underlying proximal portion of the pad and such that a distal portion of the brace engages an underlying distal portion of the pad. A pouch with the pad removably receives one or more temperature packs to provide heat or cold therapy to the joint. The resulting assembly is such that access to the temperature pack(s) is available without removing either the brace or the pad from either the joint or the limb where the joint is. The pad forms part of a convertible therapeutic wrap which also includes indicia designating where the pad is to be cut to provide the pouch as a separate, smaller therapeutic wrap when the overall pad is not needed.
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Photographs #1-#5.
Dura*Kold Corporation brochure entitled "Re-usable Ice Wrap".
Dura*Kold Corporation brochure entitled "Re-usable Compression Ice Wraps".
Dura*Kold Corporation brochure entitled "Equine, Re-usable Compression Ice Wraps".
Elasto-Gel brand Cervical Collar advertisement entitled "Elasto-Gel Cervical Collar provides soothing relief for all your pains in the neck|"; Elasto-Gel brand Sinus Mask advertisement entitled Say goodbye to those excruciating sinus-triggered migraines|.
ErgoMed Inc. advertisement entitled "Only ErgoForm.TM. contoured cold packs fit the treatment to the trauma".
Icewrap.TM. brand advertisement entitled "Don't Miss Your Next Workout", from Promises Kept (Summer 1992).
Quinta--Group Limited brochure entitled "Mild Pack.TM. Micro-Crystalline Ice For Long Duration".
Physicians & Nurses Manufacturing Corporation brochure entitled "Cold Relief Pack".
Thera.cndot.P brand brochure entitled "Say goodbye to melting ice and dripping towels|".
Spenco.RTM. brand advertisement entitled "Spenco.RTM. Thermawrap.TM. Compress".
SmartPractice advertisment entitled "ThermoCare.TM. The All-In-One Hot And Cold Pack".
EBI.COPYRGT. Medical Systems advertisement entitled "EBI.COPYRGT. Temptek.TM. vs. Ice: Compare the Cold, Hard Facts", from Orthopaedic Review.
Breg.TM. brochure entitled "Polar Care.TM. Cold Therapy".
Cryo/Cuff.TM. brand brochure entitled "Cryo/Cuff.TM. compression dressings".
Guardian Products Inc. brochure entitled "I.C.E. Down.COPYRGT. A Refreezable Flexible Cold Therapy Wrap".
Apley Richard J.
Dura-Kold Corporation
Hwang Victor K.
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