Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage inventions 08/07

20070203440 - Extremity stress attenuation modality with resistance-mechanism engaging member: The present invention provides an extremity stress reducing modality for a human subject having an extremity, the extremity having an uninjured portion and an injured portion. The modality includes: (1) a frame having a connecting member for removably connecting the frame to an extremity of a human subject; (2) a... Agent: Joseph A. Fuchs Everest Intellectual Property Law Group

20070203441 - Semi-custom ankle brace system: Disclosed are methods and apparatus of semi-custom ankle brace systems adapted to be heat-formed onto a patient's foot. The system laces around the lower calf, ankle, heel, and arch, and also provides compression and assists the unitary ankle support in preventing pronation, suppination, and plantarflexion. The boot is custom heat-molded... Agent: Stoneman Law Offices, Ltd

20070203442 - Wound covering: The invention relates to a dressing for a wound, containing a first layer which is formed by an absorbent matrix and an antimicrobially active substance. The substance is provided on a surface of the matrix in a chemically or physically bonded matter. The surface of the matrix with the substance... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070203443 - Breast and bottle feeding infant head support: A breast and bottle feeding infant head support including a slip-on sleeve open at opposite ends and inclusive of inner and outer linings forming first and second opposing face surfaces of predetermined length and width, and a cushion insert between the inner and outer linings beneath at least one of... Agent: Charles I. Brodsky

20070197945 - Hip and pelvic splint: A hip and pelvic splint system is designed to immobilize both the pelvic region and lower extremities of a patient suffering from a hip or pelvic fracture. This allows ready transport of the patient with little or no pain or additional injury caused by shifting of the hip or pelvis.... Agent: Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine And Regenstreif

20070197943 - Fluid operated actuators and pneumatic unloading orthoses: A flexible fluid filled actuator has an elastic bladder and a guide surrounding the bladder. The guide has asymmetrical elastic properties. When the bladder is inflated the guide directs the bladder to expand preferentially in a selected direction or directions. The actuator has utility in the traction and/or unloading of... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20070197944 - Orthopedic supports and method of using same: An orthopedic support for supporting a joint of a wearer is provided and includes a sheet of flexible laminate material configured to at least partially enclose the joint. The orthopedic support also includes a spacer material attached to the sheet of material about at least a portion of its outer... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070197947 - Adjustable hinge joint support: A brace for supporting the knee of the wearer. The brace has an adjustable support mechanism for accommodating a variety of leg shapes. The hinge portion of the brace is adjustable so that there is proper balanced support on opposite sides of the knee. Furthermore, the brace is universal in... Agent: Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C.

20070197946 - Orthotic device and segemented liner: An orthotic device is provided having a support member (22, 25) adapted to be secured to a body portion of a user and a resilient liner (46) connected to a side of the support member adjacent the body portion of the user. The support member can be malleable to conform... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20070197948 - Ankle-foot orthosis having an orthotic footplate: An ankle-foot orthosis including a footplate having a line of progression that extends from a heel portion to a middle portion to a toe portion of the footplate, and a leg support connected to the footplate. The footplate has at least two superimposed and discrete structural layers each having a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070197949 - Collaspible gel articles: A tear and fatigue resistant gel article comprising two or more communicating internal volumes like cavities when depressed by external pressure or force is capable of collapsing unto itself in a controllable and directionally preselected manner by venting static air within said internal through openings in said gel article, said... Agent: Applied Elastomerics, Inc.

20070197950 - Device for administering cold therapy to ankles: A device for administering cold therapy to a human ankle, and a method for administering cold therapy to a human ankle using the device. In accordance with the invention, two opposing flexible sheet members are connected via a web that spans a gap between them. At least one insert that... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark, LLP

20070191747 - Daneshvar wrapping means ii and methods: This invention is related to an improved version of the wound wrapping, support means and compression units for use in a living body. Rapid wound dressing and wrapping are of significant importance and may save a lot of complications and lives. Also as important is the stability of the wrapped... Agent: Yousef Daneshvar, Md. Facc

20070191754 - Wound shield: A preformed wound shield includes a frame formed of one or more layers of suitable material and any suitable covering. Exudate absorbing or transporting material may also be one of two or more layers of material forming the frame.... Agent: Crockett & Crockett

20070191746 - Shoulder distraction splint: An arm harness for applying at least one of distractive and abductive force to a human shoulder has at least two restrictor features mounted on a torso strap to be placed around a patient's waist. A first restrictor feature serves as a fulcrum at a restriction point on the arm... Agent: Nawrocki, Rooney & Sivertson Suite 401, Broadway Place East

20070191748 - Foot orthosis support device method and apparatus: A corrective device to be worn on a human foot having a misalignment and positioned inside of footwear. The device having an inner shell having a first material composition and flexibility, and shaped to accommodate receiving therein and supportingly couple with the foot, and an outer shell having a second... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

20070191749 - Orthopedic braces and casts with aerating arrangements: A brace for providing therapeutic pressure to a person's or animal's body part is provided together with a venting device for use with a cast or brace. The brace has a rigid exterior shell which is perforated over a substantial portion of its surface. An interior resilient liner is arranged... Agent: Alessandro Barberio

20070191750 - Contoured composite structure locking system: A contoured composite locking system incorporates an installation cup (10) mountable within a foam core structure of a foam composite surface and having means for engaging the foam core. A plug (12) is installed within the receiver cup, the plug incorporating an eyelet (18) for the shank of a restraint... Agent: Felix L. Fischer, Attorney At Law

20070191751 - Rotator cuff, and other shoulder-related, traction relief: A method for addressing shoulder issues involving each of (a) a torn rotator cuff, and (b) a post-shoulder-surgery condition, featuring applying to the region of such a rotator cuff/condition, via the associated humerus, an ambulatory, non-gravity-based, downwardly directed, and, where desired, a laterally outwardly directed, elastic traction force. Apparatus for... Agent: Robert D. Varitz, P.C.

20070191752 - Bandage for wound or incision closure: Disclosed is a bandage for closing a wound or incision, and methods for the use of same. The bandage comprises a first flat flexible component having adhesive on a lower surface and one or more first elongated connectors extending in an offset manner from one edge thereof in a first... Agent: Kevin M. Farrell Pierce Atwood

20070191753 - Adhesive bandage carrier and bandage dispensing assembly therefor: A dispenser assembly includes a housing having a face and an aperture that allows adhesive bandage carrier to pass through it. The adhesive bandage carrier comprises a longitudinally-extending carrier strip having a plurality of longitudinally-disposed adhesive bandages removably secured to an underlying carrier strip. The bandages are located at pre-determined... Agent: Joseph S. Heino, Esq. Davis & Kuelthau, S.c.

20070185423 - Knee brace and methods of use and modification thereof: A knee brace, method of use thereof, and modification to an existing knee brace facilitates inducing side loads to a knee joint to align upper and lower leg portions relative to one another, thereby allowing the knee joint to function properly over its full dynamic range of motion. The knee... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC Suite 2000

20070185427 - Adhesive bandage with reduced pain during removal: The present invention relates to an adhesive bandage with reduced pain during removal, whose flat strip substrate has a sticking front, a non-sticking back and four sides. And, both areas of said sticking front and non-sticking back are greater than those of four sides; The feature is: a strip of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070185424 - Skin lesion protector: An adhesive skin protector that filters sunlight harmful to skin lesions, the protector comprising at least one adhesive layer adapted to adhere to an area of skin having a skin lesion; and at least one filter layer attached to said adhesive layer, the at least one filter layer being adapted... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20070185425 - Spacer element for prosthetic and orthotic devices: An orthotic or prosthetic spacer element including a ventilated and compressible core having first and second opposed surfaces, and a discrete and continuous web-like silicone-based frictional layer secured to the core first surface. The frictional layer and the core first surface have a plurality of coinciding apertures formed in a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070185426 - Biocompatible wound dressing: A multi-layer reduced pressure delivery apparatus is provided for applying reduced pressure tissue treatment to a tissue site. The multi-layer apparatus includes a tissue contact layer, a release layer, and a manifold layer. The tissue contact layer includes a scaffold adapted to contact the tissue site, the release layer includes... Agent: Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Attn: Legal Department Intellectual Property

20070185428 - Compression bandage with h-anchor tightening means: Disclosed is a strip of bandaging material having Velcro® strips at either end on opposite sides of the material. An absorbent pad is fixed near one end and on the side opposite the Velcro® strip. On the side opposite the absorbent pad, an S hook is provided with one end... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070179419 - Low friction coatings for adhesive dressings and method of manufacture thereof: An adhesive dressing comprising a conformable, elastomeric backing layer comprising a first side and a second side, a pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed on the first side, and a topcoat applied to the second side, wherein the topcoat comprises a friction-reducing surface finish, wherein the coefficient of function of the topcoat is... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070179417 - Modular orthosis closure system and method: An orthosis can comprise a first body member that can conform to a portion of a patient's body and a second body member that can conform to another portion of a patient's body. A closure unit having a first connector member with a first plurality of support posts can be... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20070179418 - Elastic bandage segment: The invention relates to an elastic adhesive unidirectional bandage and to a method for the production and the use thereof. The inventive bandage is embodied in the form of a segment, exhibits elastic and adhesive properties and is designed, in particular for supporting joints and preventing and maximally reducing injuries... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070179420 - Daneshvar wrapping means and methods: This invention is related to an improved version of the wound wrapping and support means for using in a living body. Rapid wound dressing and wrapping are of significant importance and may save a lot of complications and lives. Also as important is the stability of the wrapped unit, a... Agent: Yousef Daneshvar, Md. Facc

20070179421 - Modular compression device and method of assembly: An apparatus for applying pressure to a body part includes one or more bands of compressible or non-compressible material.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP