Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage inventions 06/08

20080154164 - Geometrically apertured protective and/or splint device comprising a re-mouldable thermoplastic material: A protective and/or splint device, for example a distal radial splint device (200), comprises a protective and/or splint member (201) and a spacer member (13). The protective and/or splint member (201) comprises a composite protective and/or splint material and is formable at a forming temperature and is substantially rigid at... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc

20080154165 - Body weight support device and body weight support program: A body weight support device of the present invention is equipped with a body attachment part attached to a user's body, a floor contact part provided contactably on a floor, a leg link part for connecting the body attachment part to the floor contact part through a joint part, an... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p.

20080154166 - Foot support device: b

20080154167 - 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.

20080154168 - Surgical bandage for use with tissue adhesives and other medicaments: Disclosed is a bandage, and methods for its use, which facilitates application of tissue adhesive to close and seal wounds.... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20080154169 - Body adhesive tape: [Solution Means] A body adhesive tape 1 including at least a stretch base material 12 and an adhesive layer 11 formed on one surface of the base material. In the adhesive layer 11, a plurality of recessed grooves 111 extending in the tape width direction W are arranged at a... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080146981 - Dynamic body protector: The present invention provides a novel means of joint and body protection using engineered textiles to provide dynamic kinematic control within the device itself and for the underlying body part. The apparatus may be used in apparel or orthosis wherein a textile is organized about the proximal and distal aspects... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20080146982 - Shape and pressure adjustable dressing: A method for applying pressure to skin with a dressing. The method including adhering at least a portion of the dressing to the skin and changing the shape of the dressing after application of the dressing to the skin wherein the changed shape applies pressure to the skin. The changing... Agent: Thomas Spinelli

20080146983 - Polyurethane foam dressing with improved moisturization: The polyurethane foam dressing material of the present invention prevents the invasion of foreign materials, releases absorbed exudation after changing it into water vapor or arresting the absorbed exudation inside the foam to maintain constant moisturizing, has excellent exudation absorption capacity, has a wound healing effect resulting from not adhering... Agent: Swanson & Bratschun, L.l.c.

20080146984 - Method for preparing a compressed wound dressing: An aqueous solution of polyacrylic acid is placed in a mold, frozen, and freeze-dried to form a sponge-like polyacrylic acid structure. The sponge-like polyacrylic acid structure is compressed by the application of heat and pressure to reduce the thickness and increase the density of the sponge-like polyacrylic acid structure to... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20080139982 - Joint protector, blank for a joint protector and method for manufacturing a joint protector: A joint protector (1) of a sheet-shaped flexible material, including an essentially tubular body, which is provided with a curved configuration for adaptation to a joint, and which is sewn together with at least one seam (3), between a first edge of a first material portion (4) and a second... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc

20080139983 - Thermoplastic material, method for producing orthopaedic devices and orthopaedic devices produced therefrom: A thermoplastic material and more particularly a substrate coated or impregnated with a thermoplastic composition. The material (1) comprises a fibre-containing substrate having two surface layers (2A, 2B) and an intermediate spacing layer (3) with fibre strands (4) connected between the surface layers; wherein the substrate is impregnated with a... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080139984 - Corset to relieve the cervical spine: The corset to relieve the cervical spine includes the head strap (1) and the waist strap (5). The head strap is fixed over the forehead and the waist strap around the body. The head and the waist straps are mutually connected with strips that can be adjusted to the height... Agent: Kathleen T. Petrich

20080139985 - Patella femoral brace: A patella femoral brace having a support member configured to be worn about the knee of a user, the support member having an upper portion (10) extending above the knee and a lower portion (12) extending below the knee, and a pressure cuff (32) attachable to the support member in... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20080139986 - Apparatus for physiotherapeutic treatment: The invention relates to an apparatus for treatment, in particular physiotherapeutic treatment, of a part of the human body, in particular an arm, comprising a holder for fixing the body part to be treated, comprising a traction element, which acts on the body part with a predeterminable tension. The tension... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, Llc

20080139987 - Porous bioresorbable linked dressing comprising microspheres and methods of making same: Methods, system and compositions for making and using a bioresorbable linked dressing made of bioresorbable microspheres in various configurations are provided for use in applying reduced pressure to a wound site. The methods include manufacture of a bioresorbable dressing comprising a casing and bioresorbable microspheres in the form of a... Agent: Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Attn: Legal Department Intellectual Property

20080139988 - Bandage, topical agent-bearing package and topical agent-bearing element: An improved bandage including a strip of fabric for winding about a body portion having a wound; a dressing, formed integrally with said strip of fabric, for placement over the wound; and a pocket formed over said dressing, adapted to contain therein a topical agent, preferably a hemostatic agent, for... Agent: Kremblas, Foster, Phillips & Pollick

20080132817 - Brace for use with an external fixation device: An external fixation device is provided for substantially immobilizing a patient's foot relative to the patient's leg, after a conventional procedure in which wires are disposed through the foot and opposite ends of the pins are secured to a foot frame arranged proximate the patient's foot. The fixation device includes... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20080132818 - Limb stabilizing system for arthroplasty: An intraoperative leg stabilizing system has a platform with a slidable brace received in a longitudinal groove. The slidable brace supports the patient's foot. The platform also has an outrigger that pivots about a base in the platform. The outrigger can pivot up to a desired orientation. The longitudinal position... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080132819 - Tunnel dressing for use with negative pressure wound therapy system: A tunnel dressing for use in treating a tunneling wound using negative pressure wound therapy. The tunnel dressing includes an elongate permeable member having a closed distal end for entering the wound and an open proximal end into which an applicator is removably disposed for guiding the dressing into the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20080132820 - Method and apparatus for hemostasis: Devices and methods are disclosed for achieving hemostasis in patients who have received skin-penetrating wounds to the periphery, including the head, arms, and legs. Such haemostatic packing devices and methods are especially useful in the emergency, trauma surgery, or military setting. The devices utilize fluid impermeable barriers surrounded by exterior... Agent: Jay A. Lenker

20080132821 - Window dressing: A self-adherent window dressing includes a fabric layer bounded by an edge. The fabric layer has an adhesive side, an opposite non-adhesive side, and an opening therein to allow for viewing therethrough. The opening is defined by a peripheral edge. A transparent film layer closes the opening and has first... Agent: Christopher J. Fildes Fildes & Outland. P.c.

20080132822 - Therapeutic stocking: A therapeutic compression stocking is knitted in an integrated knit format to have an oversized heel pocket from which an ankle arch portion extends that is knitted in a rib stitch format that is free of wrinkles when donned. The foot and leg are of conventional compression stocking construction.... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz