Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Bandage structure – Support covering
Patent
1993-08-16
1995-09-12
Prebilic, Paul B.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Bandage structure
Support covering
602 75, 602 14, 2 16, A61F 1300, A61F 1500
Patent
active
054493412
ABSTRACT:
A multisection composite material useful in forming compression braces for orthopedic support of a body part includes a user contacting fabric section, an outermost fabric section formed from bonding two dissimilar fabrics and an intermediate section formed from a closed cell foam. The user contacting fabric section is a fabric having multidimensional stretch properties formed from hydrophobic fibers and bonded to a surface of the intermediate foam section. The outermost section includes a first fabric layer having multidimensional stretch properties formed from hydrophilic fibers and a second fabric layer having multidimensional stretch properties formed from hydrophobic fibers. The intermediate foam section has a first surface and a second surface and a multiplicity of perforations therethrough from the first surface to the second surface. The foam has multidimensional elastic properties sufficient for providing compressive strain useful for supporting the body part. The first layer of the outermost section is bonded to the second surface of the intermediate section. The composite material has a direction of minimum stretch and a direction of maximum stretch. Moisture emitted from a user's skin passes through the hydrophobic user contacting section to the intermediate section whereupon it passes through the perforations and is spread by the hydrophilic first fabric layer. The invention includes compressive orthopedic support braces for the wrist, elbow, thigh, knee and ankle formed from the material of the invention in sizes suitable for users having different physical stature. A method for making braces with substantial uniformity of compressive support of the present invention includes identifying the direction of maximum stretch required in the design and cutting it to shape in alignment with the direction of maximum stretch in the material.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4084586 (1978-04-01), Hettick
patent: 4426414 (1984-01-01), Wilkerson
patent: 4534354 (1985-08-01), Bonner, Jr. et al.
patent: 4832010 (1989-04-01), Lerman
patent: 4961418 (1990-10-01), McLaurin-Smith
American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition, (1982), p. 1256.
Becton Dickinson and Company
Dawson Arthur D.
Prebilic Paul B.
LandOfFree
Compression support braces does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Compression support braces, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Compression support braces will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-403127