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US 6,547,751 B1Granted
Surgical cast venting device using stretchable net material
OwnerAlessandro Barberioinventor
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Abstract
A surgical cast venting device including a stretchable piece of fabric material and one or more aerating devices affixed to and located on the inner surface of the material. The preferred fabric material is stretchable and porous and can have a flexible tubular configuration with two opposite ends which are open. The preferred aerating devices are elongate tubular members which are open at both ends and perforated along their length. These members can be affixed to the fabric material by means of a medical adhesive. The venting device is adapted for placement around part of a human body or animal body prior to application of a surgical cast. In a preferred version, the tubular members extend in a longitudinal direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the fabric.
Claims13
A surgical cast venting device comprising:
- a stretchable single layer of porous fabric material having at least some elasticity and a flexible, tubular configuration, said fabric material having two opposite ends, which are open, and having an inner surface;
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- a substantial number of elongate plastic tubular members distributed over, adhesively bonded to, and located on said inner surface, said tubular members each being open-ended at both ends thereof and extending in a longitudinal direction relative to said fabric material, which has a length extending from one open end thereof to the opposite open end,
- wherein said venting device is adapted for placement around part of a human body or animal body prior to application of a surgical cast over said part of the body.
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A surgical cast vending device comprising:
- a stretchable piece of porous fabric material having at least some elasticity and a flexible, tubular configuration, said piece having two opposite ends, which are open, and having an inner surface;
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- a substantial number of elongate, plastic tubular members distributed over, adhesively bonded to, and lobated on said inner surface, said tubular members each being open-ended at both ends thereof and extending in a lengthwise direction relative to said fabric material, which has a length extending from one open end thereof to the opposite open end, each plastic tubular member having at least several ventilation holes formed in the tubular side thereof and distributed along the length thereof,
- wherein said venting device is adapted for placement around part of a human body or animal body prior to application of a surgical cast over said part of the body.
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A surgical cast venting device comprising:
- a stretchable piece of fabric material having at least some elasticity, having two opposite ends and two opposite side edges, and having inner and outer surfaces;
- plastic aerating devices affixed by adhesive bonding to and located on said inner surface, said aerating devices covering at least a major portion of said inner surface in a substantially uniform manner and comprising flexible layers of interconnected non-woven plastic threads, each layer having numerous, small air passageways formed therein and a substantially sponge-like appearance;
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- hook and loop type flexible fastener strips affixed to said fabric material, located at said two opposite side edges, and arranged for detachable connection to one another or flexible fastener strips on one or more similar venting devices in order to form said piece of fabric material into a tubular configuration or a portion of a tubular configuration,
- wherein said venting device is adapted for placement around part of a human body or animal body prior to application of a surgical cast over said part of the body.
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A surgical cast venting device comprising:
- a stretchable piece of fabric material having at least some elasticity, having two opposite ends and two opposite side edges, and having inner and outer surfaces;
- plastic aerating devices affixed by adhesive bonding to and located on said inner surface, said aerating devices covering at least a major portion of said inner surface in a substantially uniform manner and comprising at least several corrugated plastic members each of which is perforated with a substantial number of small holes, said plastic members being distributed over said inner surface of the piece of fabric material;
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- hook and loop type flexible fastener strips affixed to said fabric material, located at said two opposite side edges, and arranged for detachable connection to one another or flexible fastener strips on one or more similar venting devices in order to form said piece of fabric material into a tubular configuration or a portion of a tubular configuration,
- wherein said venting device is adapted for placement around part of a human body or animal body prior to application of a surgical cast over said part of the body.
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A surgical cast venting device comprising:
- a stretchable piece of fabric material having at least some elasticity and a substantially tubular configuration, said piece having two opposite ends, and an inner surface, and at least several, separate elongate plastic tubular members distributed over and affixed to said inner surface, said tubular members each being open ended at at least one end and having at least several ventilation holes formed in the tubular side thereof, said tubular members extending substantially from one of said opposite ends to the other of said opposite ends,
- wherein said venting device is adapted for placement around part of a human body or animal body prior to application of a surgical cast over said part of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.