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AssigneeRoyce Medical Company
InventorsWendy Henderson, Michael Campos, Walter Doubleday, Joseph Iglesias, David Cormier
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The present invention provides improved hardenable orthopaedic supports and methods of making the same. One embodiment provides a support which includes a blank made of a permeable, flexible material and including a structural region impregnated with a hardenable material and a peripheral region which will remain flexible after the hardenable material is hardened. Another embodiment provides a method of manufacturing an orthopaedic support in which a permeable, flexible material is positioned adjacent a recess of a molding element; the flexible material is contacted with a hardenable material; and the hardenable material is placed under pressure in the molding element to impregnate the section of the flexible material with the hardenable material.
A hardenable orthopaedic support comprising a blank made of a permeable, flexible material and shaped to cover at least a portion of a patient's anatomy, the blank including a structural region and a peripheral region, the structural region of the blank being impregnated with a hardenable material, the peripheral region of the blank being free of the hardenable material and remaining flexible after the hardenable material in the structural region is hardened.
A method of manufacturing an orthopaedic support, comprising:
A method of manufacturing an orthopaedic support, comprising:
An apparatus for manufacturing an orthopaedic support, comprising:
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