Body jacket
OwnerMichael D. Modglininventor
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Abstract
A rigid body jacket having an anterior section and a posterior section. The two sections are joined by corset-type lacings with a pair of bilateral panels laced to the posterior section and attached to the anterior panels by snaps. The lacings are terminated in buckles and straps, the straps being faced with Velcro.RTM. type fastener material. Mating Velcro.RTM. material strips are cemented to the anterior section. The two sections are fitted to the patient, and the laces cut and spliced to a desired tightness with the straps attached to the Velcro.RTM. strips. The jacket thereafter may be easily removed and put back on by the patient without assistance.
Claims8
A rigid orthosis for limiting motion in the thoracic or lumbosacral areas of a human patient which can be easily donned and doffed by the patient comprising:
- a substantially rigid body jacket having a patient-fitting anterior section, the lateral edges of which terminate in the left and right anterolateral regions of the torso and a patient-fitting posterior section, the lateral edges of which terminate in the left and right posterolateral regions of the torso in spaced, opposing relationship to said anterior section lateral edges
- a pair of elongate panels, each having attachment means for selectively removably attaching one of said panels to each of the lateral edges of said anterior section;
- lacing means for connecting each of said panels to a lateral edge of said posterior section;
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- adjusting and attaching means for directly securing said lacing means to said anterior section during donning of said orthosis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.