Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage inventions 06/09

20090163840 - Massaging and aches relieving pad for a support: A massaging and aches relieving pad for a support has a main body with an inner surface and multiple elliptical protrusions. The elliptical protrusions are formed concentrically on and protrude respectively from the inner surface of the main body and linearly abut joints. Therefore, the pad not only prevents impacts... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090163841 - Lumbar adjustment system: A lumbar support includes a flexible lumbar piece mechanically coupled to a back panel, and a rotatable adjusting member, preferably a dial accessible by the wear, that adjusts the extent the lumbar piece bows away from the back panel. A series of detents can be used to provide discrete “stops”.... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20090163842 - Apparatus for and method of diagnosing and treating patello-femoral misalignment: An apparatus for, and method of, diagnosing and treating patello-femoral misalignment, which includes an inward tracking member that operatively fits over, and provides direct inward pressure against, a patella; wherein the inward tracking member provides a compressive force against the patella, thereby increasing the contact surface area between the patellofemoral... Agent: Ronald C. Harris, Jr.

20090163843 - Surgical protective tool positioning apparatus: A surgical protective tool positioning apparatus includes a base, and two symmetric connecting bases disposed on the base, each having a containing groove formed by enclosing a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall. The second sidewall has a latch hole for interconnecting a containing... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20090163844 - Methods for the treatment or prevention of scars and/or keloids: Devices, bandages, kits and methods are described that can control or regulate the mechanical environment of a wound to ameliorate scar and/or keloid formation. The mechanical environment of a wound includes stress, strain, and any combination of stress and strain. The control of a wound's mechanical environment can be active,... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090163845 - Acrylate adhesive composition with water-resistant adhesive properties: Acrylate adhesive composition comprising N-methacryloyl-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine and/or N-acrylol-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine. The adhesive composition ensures an adhesion of substrates under moist conditions, in particular a biocompatible and waterproof adhesion to human skin.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090156972 - Back brace: An application for a back brace for supporting both the abdomen and lower back of the user includes an abdominal support member and a lumbar support member having a convex dome facing inwardly towards the lumbar region of a wearer; the support members joined by two belts. The belts are... Agent: Larson And Larson

20090156973 - Method of and apparatus for patella support: A patella stabilization system having a unitary patella stabilizer sleeve extending at both ends into a plurality of straps for securing the patella stabilizer sleeve around a knee region and an upper inner strap extending from a first upper end of the patella stabilizer sleeve and an upper outer strap... Agent: Winstead PC

20090156974 - Absorbent wound care device: An absorbent wound care device comprising a wound contacting layer comprising an absorbent non-woven bi-component staple fibre material, said staple fibre material comprising fibres having at least one outside portion of highly hydrophilic material and least one inner core of a low-absorbing material, wherein the staple fibre material comprising fibres... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090149786 - Cast cover: A protective cover for a cast. Exemplary embodiments include a cover for a lower arm cast including an optional thumb cover. Exemplary embodiments may be constructed from resilient foam located within a protective shell, and the protective shell may include fasteners arranged to retain the cast cover around the cast.... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20090149787 - Shoulder stabilizer system: An orthopedic stabilization device for use on a shoulder of a wearer for shoulder stabilization includes a torso portion having a closed end side and an open end side, the torso portion adapted to be secured around an upper torso of the wearer, a sleeve disposed on the torso closed... Agent: Winstead PC

20090149788 - Forward head posture correction collar: A forward head position correction collar is provided which in combination includes a shoulder collar assembly, a chin mastoid piece for engaging and positioning the head of a wearer of the collar; and interconnecting means for interconnecting the chin piece to the collar assembly as to enable the chin piece... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20090149789 - Device to treat and/or prevent shoulder subluyation: A device intended to provide stabilization of a subluxed joint through a pneumatic air chamber combined with a plurality of straps designed to provide ease of use to the patient with a subluxed shoulder joint. This pneumatic sling will allow the user to operate this device with one upper extremity... Agent: Ying Chi Huang

20090149790 - Orthotic device spanning elbow: An orthotic for mounting on a user's arm comprises an upper cuff that is removeably attachable to the user's arm at a point above the elbow joint. A lower cuff is removeably attachable to the user's arm at a point below the elbow joint, and is rotationally fixed to the... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20090149791 - Stabilization wedge for ulcer prevention and therapeutic/treatment boot: A device for stabilizing a limb, typically when the limb is in a prevention and therapeutic/treatment boot. A wedge-shaped stabilization block includes an outwardly-extending tether. In one form of the invention, a fastener in the form of spaced fastener elements is located on the tether for securing the stabilization block... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090149792 - Composition for wound management: A wound dressing composition and a method of using that composition to enhance the protection and isolation of a minor wound. The composition contains at least one ingredient selected from mature Bamboo stalk pulp or derivatives thereof, an adhesive that adheres to skin selected from the families of synthetic and... Agent: Dennis G. Lapointe Lapointe Law Group, Pl

20090149794 - Adhesive preparation: the methyl salicylate has a plasma AUC0-24 ranging from 3.0 to 60.0 ng·hr/mL in terms of a mean±standard deviation, and salicylic acid as a metabolite of the methyl salicylate has a plasma AUC0-24 ranging from 5000 to 13000 ng·hr/mL in terms of a mean±standard deviation, when the adhesive preparation is... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090149793 - Hoof bandages: A bandage for a hoof, including a sheet material having a central body portion and a plurality of palmate lobes radiating outwardly from a central body portion. Straps extend from opposed sides of a lobe adjacent the back side of the hoof and are secured to an exterior portion of... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20090143708 - Orthotic apparatus and method for using same: An inflatable bladder position a distance from a joint is attached to an external structural support which crosses the joint but does not support it. By inflating the bladder one limb segment is forced towards the external support thereby increasing the ranges of motion of that joint. Further, the inflatable... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090143709 - Compression bandage: A compression bandage shaped as an elongate rectangle is made of a textile fabric on which a hook strip is fastened along a narrow side of a small portion of a lateral face, or hook side. The fabric contains elastic filaments running in a longitudinal direction and, in a transverse... Agent: Edwin D. Schindler