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Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage October categorized by USPTO classification 10/11

20110264022 - Orthopedic cast tape system: An orthopedic casting system that includes a cast tape having a moisture responsive resin therein, the tape being wound onto a tubular polymeric core for shipment and storage prior to use in forming an orthopedic cast. The tubular core has a wall with an inner and outer surface in a... Agent: Carolina Narrow Fabric Company

20110264023 - Ankle-foot orthosis: An ankle-foot orthosis having a tubular calf brace and a splint. The calf brace is configured to substantially enclose and compress a calf of a patient and includes a front wall, a rear wall and a chute formed at the rear wall. The splint includes a footplate and a stalk... Agent:

20110264024 - Adhesive injection site: A pad of elastomeric material having a softness of no more than about durometer 30 Shore 00. The pad may carry adhesive 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 exhibits hemostatic and... Agent:

20110257570 - Screw nail correcting apparatus: A screw nail correcting apparatus used for treating ingrown nails seen in human feet and/or hands adapts to different nail widths and to the changes that may occur in time on the same nail and practically enables pulling of the nail with an amount of force complying with the requirement.... Agent:

20110257573 - Compositions with reactive ingredients, and wound dressings, apparatuses, and methods: Wound dressings and wound inserts comprising substantially dry reactive agents, methods of forming wound inserts comprising dry reactive agents, and wound-treatment methods.... Agent: Kci Licensing, Inc.

20110257572 - Dressings and methods for treating a tissue site on a patient: Dressings, systems, and methods for treating a tissue site on a patient involve allowing liquids from the tissue site or a priming fluid to evaporate and exit the dressing through a liquid-impermeable, vapor-permeable membrane. The dressing is able to process more liquids than would otherwise be possible without evaporation and... Agent:

20110257571 - Post mountable baha bandage device: A bandage system is provided that is capable of being held by an upstanding snap member attached to a wound site. The bandage system has a snap engaging member for coupling to the snap member. A cushion member is provided that has a wound engaging surface for overlaying the wound... Agent:

20110257574 - Device for facilitating application of a plastic film to skin: Two grip handles are arranged on the stiffening layer, which is divided in two regions, arranged on opposite side of a fictitious line crossing over the film. A first one of said grip handles is fastened on one of said regions of the stiffening layer in at least parts of... Agent: Molynlycke Health Care Ab

20110257575 - Trim-to-fit therapeutic compression garment system and method: A method of treating a condition of a patient's limb is disclosed. The method may use a compression garment wrappable about the limb and a template comprising markings showing where to trim the compression garment to fit a smaller size limb. Measurements may be taken of a circumference of the... Agent:

20110251538 - Orthotic device responsive to atmospheric pressure change and method: An orthotic such as a knee, ankle, elbow or wrist brace is provided. The orthotic includes one or more compression devices that adjust the amount of compressive force applied to a body part based upon fluctuations in atmospheric pressure. One embodiment of the invention incorporates one or more inflatable air... Agent:

20110251539 - Orthotic joint having two function means for forming a resilient dorsal abutment and a resilient plantar abutment: The invention relates to an orthotic joint, in particular ankle joint for a leg orthosis, comprising a joint part with a splint mounting and a stirrup which is connected to the joint part to be pivotable about an axis A and has a dorsal and a plantar abutment surface wherein... Agent: Fior & Gentz Gmbh

20110251540 - Apparatus and method for treating pectus excavatum: An apparatus and method for treating pectus excavatum are disclosed. A pectus bar stabilizer having two or more channels may be used to secure two or more pectus bars within the chest cavity of a patient. The channels of the pectus bar stabilizer may be spaced apart to support pectus... Agent:

20110251541 - Polyurethane foam dressing material with excellent adhesive property and method for preparing the same: Disclosed is a polyurethane foam dressing material with an excellent adhesive property, and a method for preparing the same, an object of the present invention is to provide an adhesive polyurethane foam dressing material and a method for preparing the same, in which the adhesive polyurethane foam dressing material has... Agent: Dongsung Biopol Co., Ltd

20110251542 - Permeable pressure sensitive adhesive: The present invention relates to a pressure sensitive, hot melt processable adhesive composition comprising a polar plasticising oil, a polar polyethylene copolymer and polyisobutylene and a layered adhesive construction and a medical device comprising the adhesive composition according to the invention.... Agent: Coloplast A/s

20110251543 - Post-operative vest: The invention relates to a variable tension chest support for use by patients having undergone thoracic surgery. The chest support may be worn directly on the skin of a patient and comprises a band of stretchable material and one or more grips which are wholly or partially concealed within pockets... Agent:

20110245744 - Flexible medical barrier systems and methods of use: The present application relates generally to a medical barrier, and in particular, to a medical barrier comprising a sheet through which a patient's appendage can be inserted, a flexible band connected to the sheet, and a stabilization tab to stabilize the sheet during the application of the medical barrier to... Agent: Cenorin, LLC

20110245745 - Compact package for an orthopedic cast: A compact package for making an orthopedic cast is disclosed. The package comprises a fabric folded and compressed, having an initial over-all surface area, that, when saturated with water, expands to final over-all surface area that is larger by a factor greater than 50 than the initial over-all surface area.... Agent:

20110245746 - Medical cast and skin protector: The present invention relates to a medical cast and a skin protector. More particularly, the present invention relates to: a medical cast wherein a hardening solution having hydraulicity is impregnated onto a casting fabric and hardened, the casting fabric being woven throughout by a mesh weaving method and having cuffs... Agent:

20110245747 - Splint for treatment of musculoskeletal injury of the hand: A splint for treatment of a joint including a generally longitudinal body including first and second portions forming inner and outer splint layers, with the second portion being rollable onto the first portion to form the splint. The outer splint layer may include a longitudinal cavity for insertion of a... Agent: Department Of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation

20110245748 - Wound care device: A wearable article formed of a gelatinous elastomer composition having 100 parts by weight of triblock copolymer of the general configuration poly(styrene-ethylene-butyiene-styrene) wherein the styrene end block to ethylene and butylene center block ratio is within the range of from between 31;69 to 40:60, from about 300 Io about 1,600... Agent: Action Bandage, LLC

20110245749 - Stretchable pressure-sensitive adhesive bandage: The present invention provides a stretchable pressure-sensitive adhesive bandage, which includes a fabric substrate, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a release liner superposed on one surface of the fabric substrate in this order, the stretchable pressure-sensitive adhesive bandage being wound into a roll. When the release liner is removed... Agent: Nitto Denko Corporation