1987-08-26
1988-06-07
McNeill, Gregory E.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
A61F 1300
Patent
active
047489758
ABSTRACT:
A supporter which can be attached simply to a portion of the body without the necessity of operation of attaching the same from the side of an end of a limb and irrespective of the thickness of the portion to which the supporter is to be attached and which can be attached to the shoulder, the ankle, the knee, a hand root portion, or the elbow to which it is difficult to attach a supporter due to the presence of a projection. The supporter comprises a supporter body formed in an elliptical shape and having a longitudinal slit formed at a central portion thereof. The supporter body is divided at a longitudinal end portion thereof by another longitudinal slit to form a pair of fastening ends, and a face fastener is secured to a human body non-contacting face of the supporter body and also to an opposite face of an end portion of each of the fastening ends of the supporter.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4085752 (1978-04-01), Canale
patent: 4671267 (1987-06-01), Stout
patent: 4702237 (1987-10-01), Gianopoulos
patent: 4706662 (1987-11-01), Thompson
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