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Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage March listing by industry category 03/10

20100076357 - Prosthetic sleeve: The invention is a sleeve for application to a human extremity. The sleeve has a tubular structure with distal and proximal openings, a pre-flexed section between the openings, and distal and proximal contact zones on opposing sides of the pre-flexed section. At least the distal contact zone extends from the... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing - Intellectual Property

20100076359 - Individual body support system: A body support system (100) having a frame with a vertical section (108) that couples with a shoulder section and a hip section that are flexible and configured to fit over the shoulders and around a user's hips. The hip elements are coupled to the vertical section (108) and allow... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20100076358 - Posture indicator: The invention is directed toward an article which indicates to the wearer of the article that poor posture has been adopted.... Agent: Mark D Miller Kimble, Macmichael & Upton

20100076360 - Rehabilitation device and controlling method thereof: The present invention provides a rehabilitation device using a walking assistance device (1) having an actuator which generates and provides torque to a lower limb joint of a wearer wearing the walking assistance device (1), comprising a floor reaction force pattern storing unit (330) configured to store a reference floor... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20100076361 - Drop foot device: The invention relates to assembly of an accessory and a shoe for providing support to a foot-drop affected foot relative to a lower leg belonging to the foot such that the loot is prevented from dropping downwards relative to the lower leg when the foot is raised by the lower... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100076362 - Injection and hemostasis site: A pad of elastomeric material having a softness of no more than about durometer 50 Shore 00. The pad may carry adhesive and/or a housing for adhering the pad to a surface, either directly or indirectly through an envelope which surrounds the pad and carries the adhesive. Such a pad... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20100076363 - Support-free surgical interface for wound: in which the interface composition is arranged in a thin layer on a protective support, distributed with through-holes produced in the interface arranged on the protective support, in which the interface is removed from its protective support in order to be used, and has sufficient cohesion for application to a... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20100069802 - Device for carrying the load of injured soft tissue: The present invention relates to the field of therapeutic and/or injury support devices. In one form, the invention relates to a device for the relative protection and treatment of injured muscles, tendons and other soft tissue, as well as a method of utilizing this device. In one particular form, the... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310

20100069803 - Air reacting/setting cast contained within an air permeable enclosure or flexible/openabile bag in order to provide a flexibly applied and hardened temporary cast: A temporary cast consisting of a material exhibiting a specified length, width and thickness, such as an elongated and wound roll material impregnated with a fluid hardenable material. The roll material is retained (in an unused state) encased within an air impermeable container or, in a further application, can exhibit... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20100069804 - Composite plastic rigid walking cast with cushioned interior supports: A walking cast having an upper cage assembleable over an upper leg and a lower cage assembleable over a lower leg and hingedly secured to the upper cage approximate a wearer's knee. A foot sole support is connected to the lower cage which includes lower angled supports for engaging side... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20100069805 - Hip orthosis, method for preventing the disclocation of a hip and use of a hip orthosis: A hip orthosis, provided with a trunk engaging part and an upper leg engaging part which are intercoupled by coupling means, wherein the coupling comprise at least one resilient element for operatively preventing an adducting movement of an upper leg engaged by the upper leg engaging part by means of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100069806 - Adjustable brace for correcting a forward lean: An adjustable brace is provided for correcting a forward lean to obtain an upright position. The brace includes an anterior frame having a chest pad bearing upon a chest area and thigh pads bearing upon thigh areas. The brace has a lumbar pad applied to the lumbar area. The chest... Agent: Carey P. Jinright

20100069807 - Orthotic device with sliding mechanism: An orthotic foot device with a walking boot is provided. The orthotic foot device with a walking boot includes at least one boot wall having at least one guide disposed along an anteroposterior direction of the boot wall. At least one upright bar is disposed to attach to an individual's... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm

20100069808 - Foot abduction bracing apparatus: An improved foot abduction brace device in which the shoe are connected by an abduction bar which is a single bar that can be bent by the treating heal care professional to hold the shoes in the desired angles of abduction and dorsiflexion. The abduction bar is bent near the... Agent: Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C

20100069809 - Discretely adjustable orthopedic traction using constant-force springs: System, including method and apparatus, for applying traction to a patient's limb using constant-force springs. The constant-force springs may include one or more main springs that apply a base tractive force and at least one supplementary spring that can apply a supplementary tractive force to the limb. The at least... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20100069810 - Traction apparatus and traction force control method for traction apparatus: A traction force control method for a traction apparatus according to the present invention that impresses a desired traction force on an object to be hauled via a traction mechanism is provided. The method includes measuring, in a zero traction state in which an impressed traction force that is impressed... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20100069811 - Anti-microbial bamboo fibers and fabrics: The invention provides a method for modifying bamboo fibers, yarns, and textiles, by contacting them with a solution of water-soluble components of the Neem tree, azadirachta indica. The modified materials exhibit improved anti-microbial properties.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100069812 - Wound guard bandage: A disposable bandage for covering a wound area of a skin surface includes a self adhesive first fastener portion and a second fastener portion, a dome having a generally rectilinear shape and constructed from a thin rigid material, the dome being coupled to the first fastener portion along one edge... Agent: Rg & Associates

20100069813 - Wound dressings: A wound dressing that provides galvanic current and has antimicrobial properties. The dressing comprises a pliable base material, along with a pattern of deposited metal flakes. The metal flakes include at least two different metal types which are deposited in patterns which touch or overlap, typically in a repeating pattern.... Agent: Barbara E. Johnson, Esq.

20100063431 - Splint for orthopedics and method of manufacturing the same: Disclosed is a splint for orthopedics for supporting the affected part of a patient suffering from a fracture or a sprain. A splint includes a support having 500-1500 g/D of polyester non-woven fabric coated with a water-curable resin, an aluminum casing having a combination of polyethylene, aluminum and nylon (or... Agent: Christopher Paul Mitchell

20100063432 - Orthodic: The invention relates to an orthodic, in particular a knee orthodic, having two load-bearing joints (12, 14), each joint having a proximal leg (16.1, 16.2) and a distal leg (18.1, 18.2). The aim of the invention is to propose an orthodic, in particular a knee orthodic, which may be adapted... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20100063433 - Temporary splint assembly with semi-rigid wrap around supports in combination with intermediately positioned joint cast: A splint assembly for use with an individual's limb including an assembleable and rigid member positioned in surrounding fashion about an intermediate joint associated with the limb. A pair of support subassemblies secure about a location of the individual's limb contiguous to the joint, an extending edge of each support... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20100063434 - Foam with antimicrobial and hemostatic agents: An antibacterial bandage formed from at least one foam with at least one antimicrobial agent and at least one hemostatic agent is disclosed. The at least one antimicrobial agent and the at least one hemostatic agent may be mixed with materials forming the foam during manufacture of the at least... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20100063435 - Thin film dressing: The invention relates to a thin film dressing having a release liner which is able to support the dressing during application. The resilience or stiffness of the release liner is higher than the resilience or stiffness of the dressing so as to enable the control of the dressing during application.... Agent: Coloplast A/s Attention: Corporate Patents

20100056967 - Osteoarthritis knee orthosis: A polycentric hinge is positioned on one side of the patient's knee and a unicentric hinge is positioned on a second side of the knee. A lower portion of the polycentric and unicentric hinge is attached to a knee cuff about a lower leg of the patient. An upper arm... Agent: James E. Larson, Esq.

20100056968 - Neck brace: A neck brace (10; 110; 210) having a -collar member (12; 212) to be arranged around a wearer's neck, and a rear member (14; 214) extending from the collar member and to be abutted on the wearer's back. The brace comprises pivoting means (37, 38, 40; 276a, 276b, 278, 280a,... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20100056969 - Bandages and substitutes therefor: Products performing combined or alternative functions of bandages and boots are detailed. Versions of the products may include a main body with split extensions, each of which may be wrapped independently of the other. The main body is designed to cover the lower leg (or other portion) of a horse... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20100056970 - Knee orthosis: A knee orthosis device provides medial, lateral, and rotational control of a knee joint. The novel knee orthosis device stabilizes an injured or surgically repaired, or a weakened knee joint having a neurological disability, which causes instability therein, by applying adjustable corrective and therapeutic forces, which operate to stabilize and... Agent: Larson And Larson

20100056971 - Novel protector for dressings: The present invention provides a dressing-protector system of the type comprising: a dressing incorporating at least one fatty substance and having a first face intended to come into contact with skin or a wound and a second face opposite the first; and a protector that can be separated from said... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20100056972 - Adhesive patch: An adhesive patch containing an adhesive patch main part containing a support and an adhesive layer laminated on the support, wherein the adhesive patch main part comprises a peripheral part, a central part, and an intermediate part between the peripheral part and the central part, the intermediate part of the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100056973 - Therapeutic compression garments: A therapeutic compression apparatus includes a liner having a tubular body portion with a proximal opening for receiving a limb of a patient. The tubular body portion includes an inside region with an inside circumference that is sized to extend about and in contact with the limb. The inside circumference... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection