Orthopedic shoulder brace
OwnerDanny Goelinventor
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Abstract
An orthopedic brace for supporting a shoulder and an arm of a patient can comprise a sleeve, a pad, a pillow, and a system of adjustable straps for positioning and securing the sleeve in a desired position for treatment. The pad can comprise a plurality of pockets for accepting hot or cold compresses therein for providing thermal therapy, and can be removable from the brace to be used in isolation along other parts of the body. The adjustable straps can be replaced with tensile straps, and the sleeve can be positioned along different points of the patient's body to allow the patient to conduct various patient driven exercises, including patient driven range of motion or strengthening exercises.
Claims17
An orthopedic brace for providing support to an arm and a shoulder on a same side of a body of a user of the orthopedic brace as the arm, the brace comprising:
- a sleeve for supporting the arm, the sleeve having a proximal end and an opposite distal end;
- a shoulder pad for supporting the shoulder;
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- adjustable straps for removably securing the shoulder pad to the sleeve and positioning the shoulder pad and sleeve in a desired position relative to the arm and shoulder, wherein the adjustable straps further comprise:
- an adjustable primary strap having a proximal end removably attached to the proximal end of the sleeve, and a distal end removably attached to the distal end of the sleeve;
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- a removable and adjustable contra-lateral strap for removably securing the shoulder pad to the primary strap.
A method of conducting patient driven exercises, the method comprising:
- providing an orthopedic brace, the orthopedic brace comprising:
- a sleeve for supporting an arm, the sleeve having a proximal end and an opposite distal end;
- a shoulder pad for supporting a shoulder on a same side of a body of a user of the orthopedic brace as the arm;
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- adjustable straps for removably securing the shoulder pad to the sleeve, and positioning the shoulder pad and sleeve in a desired position relative to the arm and shoulder, wherein the adjustable straps further comprise:
- an adjustable primary strap having a proximal end removably attached to the proximal end of the sleeve, and a distal end removably attached to the distal end of the sleeve;
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- a removable and adjustable contra-lateral strap for removably securing the shoulder pad to the primary strap;
- providing a range of motion exercise strap;
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- providing instructions respecting the patient driven exercises, the instructions provided via one or more of personal instruction, cellular or mobile phone application, virtual reality instruction, and/or augmented reality instruction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.