Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage inventions 02/09

20090054817 - Low density medical bandage substrate, medical bandage, and medical bandaging product: A low density fabric substrate for a medical bandaging product. The substrate has a plurality of longitudinally-extending voids formed in the fabric for permitting water penetration through the fabric thickness from one of the major faces to the other major faces. A reactive system is impregnated into or coated onto... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20090054818 - Spinal orthoses: A thoracolumbosacral and a lumbosacral orthosis with sagittal-coronal control are disclosed. The orthoses have two rigid anterior and posterior plastic shells. The anterior shell extends from the pelvis to the sternum. The posterior shell extends from the pelvis and terminates just inferior to the scapular spine. An interior surface of... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090054819 - Orthopedic or prosthetic support device: An orthopedic or prosthetic support device is arranged to conform and secure to a limb of a wearer. The device includes a resilient support member adapted to extend about a limb, and a tensioning element associated with the support member. An adjustment system is connected to the support member and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090054820 - Static progressive pronation supination splint: A patient care system for providing static progressive positioning of body members in pronation or supination, the system includes a positioning assembly that rotatably positions a first body engaging assembly relative to a second body engaging assembly for static progressive positioning of a body joint in pronation or supination.... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20090054821 - Medical sheet base and medical sheet including the same: A medical sheet base includes a polyurethane nonwoven fabric and a polyurethane film combined with each other, and is improved in stretchability, air permeability, moisture permeability, water resistance and flexibility over prior-art medical sheet bases as required of the medical sheet base. The polyurethane nonwoven fabric includes continuous filaments each... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090048549 - Orthopedic arm and shoulder brace: The present invention relates to a portable device for providing continuous passive motion of a limb comprising a brace for supporting said limb. A programmable motor, mechanically connected to the brace, provides continuous passive motion of a limb. The movement of the limb is controlled in two control points of... Agent: William M. Lee, Jr. Barnes & Thornburg

20090048550 - Knee pads for children and method of manufacture: A knee pads are provided comprising a fabric tube configured to cover a knee region of a child, preferably sized for infants and/or toddlers, and a silicone-based pad disposed over the patella of the child, when worn. The fabric tube includes elastic material disposed in an upper end and in... Agent: Tsircou Intellectual Property Law

20090048551 - Device and method for treating ingrown nails: An adjustable and controllable device for treating ingrown nail comprises a releasing portion adapted to be connected to the ingrown nail plate surface and an adjustable portion adapted to exert changeable force on the releasing portion so as to elevate portions of the nail plate surface. The force that is... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090043232 - Sterile tensor cravats and methods for storing and deploying same: An articulated, adjustable, and lockable alignment arm, and associated extensions and accessories, which are user manipulable to model the size and shape of the fractured limb of a patient in the field. The alignment arm is adjusted for proper orientation by setting it over the injury, and then locking the... Agent: R. Michael West Law Offices Of R. Michael West

20090043233 - Digit pad for treating trigger finger and trigger thumb: A digit pad for treating trigger finger and trigger thumb includes a digit band which is slid over the affected digit to a position between the PIP and the MCP joints and a palm pad which extends from the proximal end of the digit band toward the wrist, the palm... Agent: Law Offices Of Stuart J. Friedman

20090043234 - Walking boot for diabetic and other patients: An orthopedic walking boot promotes rapid healing of diabetic foot ulcerations by lowering the maximum peak pressure imposed upon the foot. The walker has a hard unyielding shell which is designed for walking. The shell closely and rigidly supports a mid-sole in a foot-shaped bed. The mid-sole has a foot-shaped... Agent: Law Offices Of James E. Walton, PLLC

20090043235 - Composite dressing: A composite dressing including a first polymeric layer, a second polymeric layer, a metal oxide, and a pharmaceutical active material is provided. The second polymeric layer is biocompatible and is disposed on a surface of the first polymeric layer. The metal oxide is distributed inside or on at least one... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20090043236 - Skin patch: A skin patch that can enhance the water resistance and handling easiness and can alleviate any irritation on the user. There is provided a skin patch having a flexible backing and, superimposed thereon, a plaster containing a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer and having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of −45° to... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20090036811 - Orthosis casting form and method of making the same: A logic circuit that can reconfigure its functions in a nonvolatile manner and a single-electron transistor to be used in the logic circuits are provided. The logic circuit has a single-electron spin transistor that includes: a source; a drain; an island that is provided between the source and the drain,... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090036812 - Medical bandage substrate, medical bandage, and medical bandaging product with low abrasion side edges and method: A medical bandaging product, including a sleeve formed of moisture-impervious material and sealable to prevent entry of moisture, and a medical material positioned in the sleeve and sealed therein against entry of moisture until use. The medical material is a substrate having two marginal areas of relatively lower modulus yarns... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20090036813 - Apparatus and method for assisting sternal rehabilitation: The apparatus to assist sternal rehabilitation includes a torso belt circumscribing an abdomen of a patient, a first humeral restraint coupled to the torso belt, and a second humeral restraint coupled to the torso belt. Each humeral restraint circumscribes an upper arm of the patient between a glenohumeral joint and... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20090036814 - Finger orthosis: The same orthosis can be used to sequentially move joints of different fingers of a hand. A hand cuff of the orthosis is mounted on the hand. Mechanisms operable to move the joints are connected to the hand cuff at locations aligned with the fingers. The mechanisms are connected with... Agent: Paul D. Bianco Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20090036815 - Walking assistance device: A walking assistance device (1) has a body-mounted assembly (2) installed on the waist of a user (A), foot-mounted assemblies (3L, 3R) installed on feet, and leg links (4L, 4R) which connect the foot-mounted assemblies (3L, 3R) to the body-mounted assembly (2). The foot-mounted assemblies (3L, 3R) are provided with... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP