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Replaceable rigid cast with integral fasteners

  • US 4,727,865 A
  • Filed: 03/07/1985
  • Issued: 03/01/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A rigid cast which is useful for immobilizing an injured body part, which is readily removable and subsequently replaceable after removal by a user, comprising:

  • two rigid body part immobilizing parts adapted to surround and conform exactly to an injured body part, said rigid body part immobilizing parts having been custom formed by applying a casting medium to said body part so that said casting medium conforms exactly to said body part, allowing said casting medium to harden on said body part to form a unitary rigid supporting shell, making two longitudinal cuts in said unitary rigid supporting shell to form said two rigid body part immobilizing parts which each have opposing and cooperating cut faces along each of said two cuts and integrally attaching a plurality of cooperating releasable fastener means to each of said rigid body part immobilizing parts on opposite sides of at least one of said longitudinal cuts for releasably and replaceably securing said rigid body part immobilizing parts along said cooperating cut faces, said cooperating releasable fastener means being capable of mechanically compressing said two rigid body part immobilizing parts onto said injured body part; and

    at least one soft inner material located on the interior of said cast which is shaped to conform exactly to the contour of said body parts thereby allowing said rigid body part immobilizing parts to achieve immobilization and compression of said body part.

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