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US 4,905,692 AGranted
Medical and orthopedic support fabric
AssigneeK. T. Medical, Inc.
InventorMarcos A. More
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Abstract
A fabric for medical and orthopedic applications which may be cut by severence to desired shapes without significant raveling. This is a continuation-in-part of More, Ser. No. 06/846,467, filed Mar, 28, 1986, now abandoned which is a continuation of More, Ser. No. 569,582, filed Jan. 10, 1984, which is now abandoned.
Claims4
A process for performing surgery comprising the steps of:
- wrapping a body portion with a fabric to support said body portion, said fabric plaited with an elastomer to provide a fabric with elastic properties in both the length and width directions thereof, and wherein said fabric includes a knitted non-elastic synthetic fiber, said fiber having the ability to be severed while maintaining the stability of the knit structure;
- surgically incising said body portion through said ravel-free fabric whose elastic properties in both length and width directions help maintain the configuration of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.