Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage inventions 05/07

20070123810 - Adhesive dressing: To provide an adhesive dressing that allows a wearer to determine growth of bacteria, if any, as early as possible when the adhesive dressing is staying on the skin of the wearer for wound healing. The adhesive dressing includes a see-through backing made of a silicone material and four circular... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070118060 - Cervical collar: The present invention discloses a novel cervical collar for maintaining the airways in head and neck immobilized trauma patient open. This collar comprises a rigid motion-restricting frame (220, 230, 240, 270, 280) attached to the head (100); and, a jaw clasp (210, 290) attached to the jaw (110). The collar... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070118061 - Arm positioning device: Apparatus and methods for positioning arms or other limbs.... Agent: Henricks Slavin And Holmes LLP Suite 200

20070118062 - Surgical binder undergarment system and method: A surgical binder undergarment system and method are disclosed which are designed to prevent skin chafing/irritation on patients recovering from abdominal/thoracic/back surgery and who must wear a surgical binder to prevent post-surgical injury to patient muscle and skin tissue because of incisions necessitated by the surgical procedure. The present invention... Agent: Kevin Mark Klughart

20070106188 - Adjustable seating support system: An adjustable sacral and spinal support assembly is provided that can be used in a variety of seat types. The support assembly includes both a sacral support section and in some situations, one or more complementary spinal support sections located in other areas of the seats. The sacral support section... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070106187 - Biofidelic shoulder brace: A shoulder brace comprising an anterior shoulder support member, a posterior support member, a strap attachment member, three primary straps, three secondary straps, and a pneumatic pad. The posterior support member comprises a back support member and a scapular support member. The back support member preferably comprises a lateral extension,... Agent: Antoinette M. Tease

20070106189 - Multi-functional joint brace: A multi-functional brace for a joint includes a releasable locking mechanism that allows the brace to be set for static stretch of the joint in either flexion or extension, and a range of motion assembly that allows for free movement of the joint through its natural axis over a controlled... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070106191 - Knee brace: A knee brace, for use by athletes or others requiring protection and support of the knee, that includes an elastic base that covers the knee and adjacent portions of the leg of a person, a mesh support layer covering an upper portion of the base and extending below the knee... Agent: Rick Abegglen, Atty. C/o Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc.

20070106190 - Walking assistance device: In order to achieve a walking assistance device that can be securely fitted to the user's body while allowing a certain degree of freedom, a walking assistance device is provided comprising a hip joint rotational force generator (hip joint actuator 10) mounted on a side of a hip joint and... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070106193 - Framework for enabling traction to be applied to a patient: A framework for enabling traction to be applied to a patient comprises a main elongate structure (12) supporting a pulley (15), and at least one leg structure (10) foldably connected to the main structure. Preferably, the main structure includes a foldable second leg portion (123), and a pulley support section... Agent: Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber

20070106192 - System and method for treating the spine with light therapy: A system for treating the spine of a patient by the application of tension to the spine. The system includes an alignment device secured to the patient, an actuator for producing tensile force, a patient interface device extending from the alignment device to the actuator and configured to apply the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070106194 - Traction collar and method of use: A traction device having an adjustable tensioning mechanism, the traction device attachable to a head support and a cervical collar.. The tensioning mechanism includes a traction base, a slider slidably connected to the traction base and an adjustment mechanism to force the traction base and slider in opposite directions. One... Agent: Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, LLP

20070106195 - Wound dresssing, ingredient delivery device and iv hold-down, and method relating to same: An adhesive device used as a wound dressing, ingredient delivery device or IV hold-down in which inadvertent edge release of these devices along the periphery of the polymeric film layer is minimized when the handling layer, which is adhered to the polymeric film layer, is removed after application of the... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070100264 - Cold/heat treatment boot for ankles and lower legs: A cold/heat treatment boot for ankles and lower legs includes a generally flexible lower leg-enclosing boot having an upwardly-extending leg section having left and right walls and a forward opening between the walls, and a generally flat sole plate mounted on and extending between bases of the walls. The forward... Agent: Law Offices Of Adam H. Jacobs

20070100265 - Non-surgical correcting abnormal knee loading: The invention provides hinges for use in knee braces to correct and prevent knee pathology. Further provided are knee braces comprising the hinges of the present invention to correct and prevent knee pathology including osteoarthritis. Also provided are methods of treating knee pathology by using the hinges and braces of... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20070100266 - Fracture brace: The invention provides, in various embodiments, braces that are capable of stabilizing an injured limb, particularly an injured wrist. An exemplary brace fits across the injury in contact with the user's limb and has an adjustable casing and compressible material.... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070100267 - Range of motion device: The present invention provides an orthosis for stretching tissue around a joint of a patient between first and second relatively pivotable body portions. The orthosis includes a first member affixable to the first body portion and including a first extension member extending therefrom. A second member affixable to the second... Agent: Paul D. Bianco: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini, & Bianco P.l.

20070100268 - Device for treating foot drop: A foot support system includes a base to receive a sole of a foot, a cuff adapted to attach to a first portion of a leg near a knee of the leg, and a strap extending between the base and the cuff. The strap includes an elastic portion, a proximal... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070100269 - Antioxidant and antimicrobial wound dressing materials: A wound dressing material comprising a polymeric substrate, a silver salt, and a dyestuff to photostabilize the silver salt. The substrate may comprise collagen and/or oxidized regenerated cellulose complexed to Ag30 , and the dyestuff may for example be an aniline or acridine dye. Also provided are methods of making... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070100270 - Navel concealer: The present invention is directed to a concealment device for a protruding navel. The concealment device includes a sheet having a top surface with a relatively flat profile and a bottom surface. The sheet is comprised of flexible material, and an adhesive is disposed on the bottom surface of the... Agent: Law Office Of Steven B. Leavitt, L.L.P.

20070100271 - Hemostasis tool having blood diffusion and absorption abilities: A hemostasis tool is provided for stopping bleeding by absorbing blood from the wound and having blood diffusion and absorption abilities, which includes a lamination comprising a water-permeable inner material on a wound side, a water-impermeable outer material on a side departing from the wound side, a pulp-cotton laminated body... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.