| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D307054 |
Patella brace |
April 3, 1990 |
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| 6322530 |
Pneumatic Achilles wrap |
November 27, 2001 |
| The pneumatic Achilles wrap comprises a wrap including at least one strap for fastening the wrap around the foot and around the ankle. The wrap positions an arch cell which contains a dynamic volume of air within the wrap under a human foot. The arch cell is fabricated from a flexible |
| 5588955 |
Method and apparatus for providing therapeutic compression for reducing risk of DVT |
December 31, 1996 |
| A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing therapeutic intermittent pneumatic pressure to a body portion. An air reservoir receives a substantially steady flow of pressurized air from a pump. Pressure is applied as a rapid pulse from the reservoir to a cuff means in contact w |
| 5577998 |
Walking brace |
November 26, 1996 |
| A walking brace is disclosed having inflatable air cells to provide therapeutic pressure to the patient's leg and which requires no external equipment or oral inflation tube for reinflation. Each air cell contains a piece of resilient foam, which allows air to come in through an external |
| 5496262 |
Therapeutic intermittent compression system with inflatable compartments of differing pressure f |
March 5, 1996 |
| A system for intermittent, sequential, graduated compression of a multicompartment inflatable cuff by means of a single pulsing air pump and a single air tube connecting the pump to the cuff. Each more proximal compartment is inflated through a fluid restrictor communicating with its |
| 5466250 |
Automatic fluid compress and circulating system |
November 14, 1995 |
| A thermal compress cuff for treating an injured knee has a fluid impervious chamber of flexible material with an upper transverse portion and depending arms extending from the transverse portion. The transverse portion is adapted to encompass a portion of a limb above the knee and the |
| 5387185 |
Knee immobilizer splint |
February 7, 1995 |
| A hingeless splint that provides immobilization of the knee in varying degrees of extension or maximal extension. The device is mostly open around the knee for comfort and permits convenient application of supplemental cold and compression dressings to be used therewith. |
| 5314455 |
Thermal compress system |
May 24, 1994 |
| A thermal compress cuff for treating an injured knee has a fluid impervious chamber of flexible material with an upper transverse portion and depending arms extending from the transverse portion. The transverse portion is adapted to encompass a portion of the limb above the knee and |
| 5277695 |
Adjustable ankle compress |
January 11, 1994 |
| An adjustable ankle compress (10) in the shape of a boot (12) with an ankle portion (18) and a foot portion (16) for receiving the ankle and foot and having a sole (14) on the boot (12) that is adjustable in width for varying the size of the boot (12) to accommodate a foot and ankle of |
| 5230335 |
Thermal compress system |
July 27, 1993 |
| A thermal compress cuff for treating an injured knee has a fluid impervious chamber of flexible material with an upper transverse portion and depending arms extending from the transverse portion. The transverse portion encompasses a portion of the limb above the knee and the depending |
| 5213564 |
Prophylactic ankle brace |
May 25, 1993 |
| A prophylactic ankle brace for protecting the ankle of paratroopers and which fits on the outside of the paratrooper boot. It includes lateral and medial side walls extending longitudinally upwardly to encompass the ankle and lower extremity of the leg above the ankle with a substantiall |
| 5125400 |
Ankle brace having multiple inflatable aircells |
June 30, 1992 |
| A pneumatic brace comprising at least one outer shell member and at least first and second pressurizable chambers juxtaposed therewith in an overlapping manner for providing a supporting cushion between said outer shell member and a body part or limb. One of said chambers is coextensive |
| 5113877 |
Ankle sprain management system |
May 19, 1992 |
| A generally U-shaped thermal compress having a compartment divided into first and second chambers by a common wall. One of the chambers holds a first liquid that freezes before a second liquid in the adjacent chamber. After the first liquid is frozen, the chamber having the second liquid |
| 4872448 |
Knee brace having adjustable inflatable U-shaped air cell |
October 10, 1989 |
| A knee brace is provided comprising first adjustable means for engaging the knee and providing support to the patella without hindering normal tracking movement thereof, and second adjustable means for fastening said first adjustable means in engagement with the knee. In an alternatively |
| 4628945 |
Inflatable ankle brace with porous compressible filler |
December 16, 1986 |
| Improved orthepedic apparatus in the form of a generally U-shaped stirrup member having a base portion and a pair of opposed sidewall portions hinged to the base portion. A pair of air-inflatable liners or airbags are disposed interiorly of the stirrup member in a juxtaposed, substantial |
| 4628918 |
Pneumatic arm band for localized arm pressure |
December 16, 1986 |
| A band or strap adapted to be circumferentially fitted about the arm to alleviate the symptoms of tennis elbow. The band incorporates inwardly protruding means of limited circumferential extent for applying a radially directed pressure against that portion of the extensor muscle coextens |
| 4340319 |
Pavement marker |
July 20, 1982 |
| Disclosed herein is a pavement marker for engagement with an underlying roadway for providing a marking visible from an oncoming vehicle on the roadway surface. The pavement marker comprises a lens member of light-transmitting synethetic resin including a front face having a light-re |
| 4287920 |
Self-sealing valve |
September 8, 1981 |
| A fluid-filled or inflatable article having an integral self-sealing valve formed from a pair of extensions which are sealed together along their peripheral side edges leaving an open top or mouth. One or both of the extensions is folded back upon itself to form a flap or pair of juxtapo |
| 4280489 |
Ankle brace |
July 28, 1981 |
| There is provided a generally U-shaped stirrup member having a base portion and a pair of opposed sidewall portions attached to the base portion. A pair of air-inflatable liners or airbags are disposed interiorly of the stirrup member in juxtaposed relation to the sidewall portions, |
| 4232979 |
Pavement marker |
November 11, 1980 |
| Disclosed herein is a pavement marker for engagement with an underlying roadway for providing a marking visible from an oncoming vehicle on the roadway surface. The pavement marker comprises a lens member of light-transmitting synthetic resin including a front face having a light rec |
| 4166430 |
Fluid pressure indicator |
September 4, 1979 |
| Disclosed herein is a fluid pressure indicator for providing visual indication of the magnitude of a fluid pressure condition. The indicator comprises an optical element including a front surface for receiving ambient light and a rear, light-reflecting portion having three mutually p |
| 4102286 |
Method of making louvered connectors and contact elements thereof |
July 25, 1978 |
| Connectors having strip member contact elements wherein louvers or contact fingers extend in dissimilar extents from opposed sides of the strip member. Method is also disclosed for enhancing contact surface area between the extremities of contact fingers and complementary contact sur |
| 4039238 |
Louvered connectors and contact elements thereof |
August 2, 1977 |
| Connectors having strip member contact elements wherein louvers or contact fingers extend in dissimilar extents from opposed sides of the strip member. Method is also disclosed for enhancing contact surface area between the extremities of contact fingers and complementary contact sur |
| 3955565 |
Orthopedic apparatus |
May 11, 1976 |
| In accordance with the invention, there is provided a pair of complementary shaped half-shell members fabricated from a tough, relatively thin material such that each half-shell member is substantially flexible about its longitudinal axis yet is substantially rigid about a transverse axi |
