Hip spica cast and undergarment for use with hip spica cast
AssigneeBSN Medical, Inc.
InventorsJohn C. Evans, Koen Jozef Marla Jorissen
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Abstract
An undergarment for use with a cast tape to form a hip spica cast, such as a pantaloon-type hip spica cast, The cast includes at least one layer of a 3D spacer synthetic padding material formed into a fabric of monofilament yams and fabricated into an anatomically correct undergarment structure for being positioned around a torso and residing directly against the skin of a hip spica cast patient. At least one fabric perineal panel is attached to the undergarment in the perineal area of the undergarment and adapted for being positioned on an overlying cast material defining a perineal opening in the cast.
Claims16
A water and air permeable undergarment for use with a cast tape to form water and air permeable hip spica cast, and comprising:
- (a) a layer of a fabric formed of synthetic yams and fabricated into an anatomically correct undergarment structure having a torso portion and first and second leg portions for being positioned onto a torso and legs, and adapted to reside against the skin of, a wearer;
- (b) a perineal area positioned between the first and second legs;
- (c) a fabric perineal panel attached to the undergarment in the perineal area of the undergarment and adapted for being positioned on an overlying cast material defining a perineal opening in the cast, wherein:
- the undergarment is formed of water and air permeable padding layers defining anterior and posterior sides of the undergarment, and
- (d) the torso portion of the undergarment including a top opening for being positioned on the torso of the patient and at first and second leg portions terminating in respective leg openings adapted to reside between hips and knees of the patient the undergarment being formed of first and second overlaid padding layers defining an anterior side of the undergarment and third and fourth overlaid padding layers defining an anterior side of the undergarment and third and fourth overlaid padding layers defining a posterior side of the undergarment.
A water and air permeable hip spica cast, comprising:
- (a) a water and air permeable undergarment comprising a padding layer formed of a 3D spacer synthetic padding material that is water and air permeable and formed into a fabric of monofilament yarns and fabricated into an anatomically correct undergarment structure for being positioned around a torso and adapted to reside directly against the skin of a hip spica cast patient;
- (b) a cast tape is selected from the group consisting of a synthetic fiber or fiberglass/non fiberglass substrate coated or saturated with a moisture-curable resin and stored in a flexible condition in a moisture impervious package until use, at which time removal of the cast tape from the moisture impervious package and exposure to moisture causes the substrate to harden over a time period sufficiently long to allow application of the cast tape while still flexible over the undergarment;
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- (c) the cast tape adapted to be positioned circumferentially over the undergarment and around the torso of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.