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Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage November recently filed with US Patent Office 11/09

20090292229 - Knee orthosis with hinged shin and thigh cuff: A knee orthosis has two vertical struts positioned on opposed sides of a knee joint in a generally parallel relationship. Each vertical strut has a hinge member located at a general middle portion; each vertical strut has a top and bottom end portion. An upper thigh cuff attaches at opposed... Agent: James E. Larson, Esq.

20090292230 - Lumber support belt: This lumbar support belt (1) may be fitted around the lower part of a patient's trunk; it comprises a strip (2) of elastic textile material provided at each end with means for attaching the strip to itself and at least two posterior boning elements made of an elastic material (5a,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090292231 - Ra comfort wrist support: A splint assembly includes a radial correction hand device for correcting ulna finger deviation and a wrist support which includes a palm portion detachable to a palm side of the correction hand device and a ulna portion securable to a user's forearm.... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20090292232 - Walking assist device: Provided is a walking assist device including a seat member, a leg link having a joint portion, and a driving source for the joint portion. The walking assist device allows a user to rest by sitting on the seat member. Accordingly, the walking assist device further includes a lock mechanism... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090287122 - Limb protection system: A limb protection device and a method for applying the limb protection device to a user. The device comprises: an enclosure for enclosing the limb section; and at least one flexible cuff integral with and away from which the enclosure extends, the cuff defining an opening into the device and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090287123 - Hand orthosis: A hand orthosis assembly comprising a substantially rigid splint member having an inner wrist portion configured to receive a person's inner wrist and an arcuate palm portion extending from the wrist portion to receive the person's cupped hand. The arcuate palm portion may defining a cavity adapted to releasably retain... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090287125 - Leg support: A leg support adapted to be secured to a leg includes an elongate strut having first and second segments, and a flexible middle segment located therebetween. The strut is arranged for securing to a posterior side of a leg and is centrally located along a medial-lateral plane of a leg.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090287124 - Pain-alleviating orthopaedic appliance: An orthopaedic appliance includes a body, a protrusion extending inwardly from the body, positioned on the body to apply pressure on a proximal portion of the soleus muscle, and means for applying pressure to the protrusion.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090287126 - Electrically stimulating orthotic device and segmented liner: According to various embodiments of the invention, an orthotic device comprises an upper support member adapted to be secured to a thigh; a lower support member adapted to be secured to a lower leg; a means of connecting the upper support member to the lower support member; a conformable, discrete... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20090287127 - Circumferential walker: An orthopedic device in the form of a circumferential walker includes a first member (posterior shell) and a second member (dorsal shell) corresponding to the first member. An outsole or plantar shell portion is attached to, or formed on or with the posterior shell. An expansion joint is positioned in... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090287128 - Orthopedic devices utilizing rotary tensioning: An orthopedic device has at least one flexible or rigid frame member contoured to generally correspond to an anatomical limb. The device also includes a tightening system having a dial tensioning device and at least one cable and/or strap connected to the dial tensioning device. The dial tensioning device has... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090287129 - Method of treating a wound utilizing suction: A therapeutic device for promoting the healing of a wound in a mammal is disclosed. An exemplary device comprises a permeable structure having a plurality of depressions formed in a surface thereof. In use, the surface having the depressions is disposed adjacent a surface of the wound. A method of... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20090287130 - Wound dressing: A wound dressing comprising a layer in the form of a strip and comprising gel-forming fibers, the strip having longitudinal lines of stitches formed from a thread and transverse lines of stitches formed from a thread.... Agent: Convatec Inc.

20090287131 - Wound care product made from bulked filament tow: A wound care product is a nonwoven fabric made of filaments bulked from a tow and fixed into a 3-dimensional structure.... Agent: Hammer & Associates, P.C.

20090287132 - Wound dressing adhesive compression device: An apparatus for promoting the healing of a wound includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed around a periphery of the wound, and a membrane layer in positioned over the wound with a lower surface in contact with the pressure-sensitive adhesive to form a substantially fluid-tight seal to define reservoir over the... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp D/b/a Covidien

20090287133 - Disposable or reclosable wound or skin condition dressing and treatment system: A reclosable wound or skin condition dressing and treatment system having a generally annular base portion having a circumference and lower and upper sides and defining an open volume within the circumference, the lower side carrying an adhesive that adheres to the skin and the upper side defining a release... Agent: Mirick, O'connell, Demallie & Lougee, LLP

20090275871 - Back brace for spinal correction and its manufacturing method: The invention relates to a back brace for spinal correction and its manufacturing method. A correction brace is made according to a patient's shape, having its inside installed with plural air bags corresponding to a deformed portion and locations of reverse spinal rotation. Each air bag has an inflation valve... Agent: Gerald Liu

20090275872 - Fluid wound dressing comprising partially cured polyurethane: A wound dressing composition comprising a partially cured polyurethane fluid. The composition can be injected directly into a wound, where it cures to form a wound filling dressing. Also provided is a wound dressing comprising such a composition. Also provided is a kit for the preparation of such wound dressings,... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090275873 - Circular knit fabric for use in compression therapy: The present invention relates to a circular knit fabric for use in compression therapy of lymphedemas, having a surface with a patterned structure with protuberances (1) which, when in contact with the body part to be treated with compression therapy, exert pressure on the surface of the body part and... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl