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7347845 |
Disposable absorbent article having tension indicators
A disposable absorbent article having a front part, a rear part, a crotch part extending between the front and rear part, and fasteners for fastening the side portions of the front and rear parts...
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7329231 |
Dome-shaped back brace
A brace for supporting both the abdomen and lower back of the user. The brace includes a preformed abdominal support member and a preformed lumbar support member having an ideal lumbar shape with a...
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7306571 |
Modular compressive orthosis system with a mechanical advantage closure
An orthosis can comprise a first body member that can conform to a portion of a patient's body and a second body member that can conform to another portion of a patient's body. A closure unit...
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7186229 |
Modular orthosis closure system and method
An orthosis can comprise a first body member that can conform to a portion of a patient's body and a second body member that can conform to another portion of a patient's body. A closure unit...
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7118543 |
Orthosis closure system with mechanical advantage
A closure system for orthoses that permits a first body member conforming to a portion of a patient's torso to be connected through the closure system, with a second body member conforming to...
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7074204 |
Garment
A garment comprising a stretch fabric wherein the garment covers at least a part of the lower body of a wearer, has a crotch part, and is worn by being fitted to the wearer's body, wherein the...
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6868850 |
Hernial truss
The abstract of the disclosure has been amended as follows: A hernial truss securely and constantly applies pressure to the herniated abdominal area of the patient while minimizing the pain and...
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6846220 |
Abdominal support
An abdominal support which includes a pair of shoulder and back straps, each of which passes over one of the wearers shoulders, crosses over the wearer's upper back, and connects to the other...
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6637429 |
Pediatric abdominal support
An abdominal support for a pediatric patent is described wherein the support includes an elongate strip of knit elastic material having an extended surface and a length sufficient to surround the...
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6620026 |
Maternity support garment
A maternity support garment, comprising a carrier configured to extend around the wearer's body, above the level of the wearer's legs; two elongated support bands, one band having a rear portion...
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6524264 |
Front and back brace with contact separation cover
A contact separation cover for a front and back body brace to separate the braces themselves from contact with the skin of a person wearing such braces. The cover provides a layer of continuously...
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6517502 |
Orthotic device an methods for limiting expansion of a patient's chest
An orthotic device includes a pair of panel members and a mechanical advantage device that bridges the pair of panel members together to form a belt with two free end portions detachably...
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6503215 |
Bandage for parts of the body
Bandage for parts of the body, which bandage can be drawn tight by means of at least one tightening strap whose one end is secured on the bandage and whose other end, a tensioning end, can be fixed...
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6500137 |
Pelvic region orthotic device
A medical device consists of a sacral panel, an abdominal panel and first and second trocanteric pad assemblies positioned therebetween. The sacral panel is adjustably connected to each of the...
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6454628 |
Girdle for treatment of lumbago
A girdle includes: a main body including a press portion with a zipper extending to a crotch portion from a belt on an upper part of a front of the main body, a portion sewn on a back of the main...
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6422242 |
Hernia belt
A hernia belt which is provided in two parts, comprising an abdominal belt portion, having a pair of leg straps which extend downwardly for passing between the legs of a wearer, and a separate back...
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6419652 |
Back belt and method
A formable plastic polyolefin material being sold by the Trademark VOLARA® relates to the back support product of the invention. The formable material, with the fabric laminated preferably to both...
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6270469 |
Abdominal postoperative binder and method of use
The invention is a postoperative binder and method of use. The binder is made of relatively inelastic material that is cut to fit the patient and held in place by a plurality of tails fastened with...
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6243883 |
Soccer protective gear
A protective device adapted particularly for use by a soccer player includes a front and rear panel connected to each other by elastic straps. The front panel includes a protective portion...
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6112704 |
Inguinal hernia support
A support for inguinal hernia is disclosed wherein a corset garment having elasticized walls is provided with a pocket or pockets on the inside wall of the portion of the garment that is adjacent...
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6080125 |
Abdominal postoperative binder
The invention is a postoperative binder made of relatively inelastic material that is cut to fit the patient and held in place by Velcro® binders. The present invention uses mechanical, rather...
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5984885 |
Industrial back support
A back support device for supporting a wearer's back during various activities is described. The back support device includes an inner belt, and outer substantially inelastic belt, and a semi-rigid...
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5980560 |
Air injection type stomach band for pressing backbone
An air injection type stomach band for distracting (e.g. stretching or extending) the lumbar vertebra of disc patients is disclosed. In the air injection type stomach band for distracting the...
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5843008 |
Method for mitigating pain when coughing following surgery
A device and method are provided for mitigating the pain experienced by a patient, after surgery to portions of the patient's torso, when the patient coughs, and for increasing the effectiveness of...
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5823913 |
Method for exercising the abdominal muscles
A device for exercising the abdominal muscles and method comprising an informing unit having a sensor, an announciator with a signal-controlling circuit board and a signal reproducer, and elements...
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5799650 |
Femoral compression device and method
A femoral compression device for preventing post-catheterization wound bleeding includes a rigid restraining member strapped in fixed position to a patient to prevent hip flexion. A compression...
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5728055 |
Therapeutic lumbosacral appliance
A therapeutic appliance is provided for application to the lumbar spine so as to overly the sacrum and sacroiliac joints. The therapeutic appliance is formed basically by an air bladder having a...
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5722987 |
Resuscitator
A resuscitator is disclosed for rendering assistance to a choking victim in a manner similar to the abdominal thrust method or Heimlich manoeuvre. The resuscitator has a planar handle member with...
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5713840 |
Weighted lumbar support
An apparatus and method of applying pressure to the lumbar region of a user wherein a lumbar support is secured to the back of a user and positioned and retained such that when the user is seated...
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5690609 |
Compound abdominal and back support belt system
A torso support belt system has individually contoured back and abdominal muscle support pads and an associated multi-belt system. The locations of the abdominal and back support pads around the...
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5499965 |
Shaped lifting belt and method
A shaped lifting belt and method in which the shape is provided by deepening the central lumbar panel in the rear to a depth of at least an additional half of the depth of the side wraps, providing...
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5484395 |
Fireman's back brace
A fireman's back brace including a lumbar spinal support belt disposed about a user's torso by a first coacting fastening means, a straplike tensioning member pair affixed to the lumbar spinal...
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5433697 |
Conformable back brace with abdominal support
A brace of supporting both the abdomen and lower back of the user. The brace includes a preformed abdominal support member and a preformed lumbar support member having an ideal lumbar shape with a...
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5388274 |
Power belt for heavy lifting
An improved orthopedic device for human wear comprising of a flexible belt encircling the human, with free ends thereof joined by a hook and loop fastener to position the belt on the wearer, and...
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5383893 |
Device for preventing post-catherization wound bleeding
The devices have various features including balloons that are joined by a line of folding parallel with the groin line and a wrap for holding the balloons that has a similar line of folding, but is...
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5226874 |
Electromechanical back brace apparatus
A corset-type back brace apparatus is disclosed which has electromechanical means for tightening a corset around the trunk of a patient to a desired tension. The electromechanical means includes a...
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5143092 |
Flexible abdominal flattener
A slimming flattener for the female's abdomen which utilizes two lengths of longitudinally stretchable woven elastic webbing in its construction. The first length surrounding the body at the upper...
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5105806 |
Rigid abdominal pad for lumbar/sacral support
A rigid abdominal pad is disclosed as an accessory for a conventional weight lifters belt or the like and which when held against the abdomen to provide a bearing surface therefor reduces the risk...
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5086759 |
Chiropractic belt
Disclosed is a chiropractic belt 10 having two belt segments 16 and 18 joined together by a central elastic section 12. There is an elastic cross-structure 26 which overlies and is connected at the...
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5060639 |
Back support
A back support adapted to be worn about a person's waist comprises a resiliently compressible, flexible elongate back pad, a pair of resiliently compressible, flexible elongate side pads, and...
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4977893 |
Surgical hip wrap
A surgical hip wrap comprising an elongated fabric strip that is wrapped around a hip of a user to cover and/or protect it. The fabric strip is held in place by securing one end region around the...
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4957105 |
Femoral compression device for post-catheterization hemostasis
An improved femoral arterial or venous compressive device includes a flexible pelvic apron positioned over the femoral vessels within the human pelvis. The pelvic apron is placed in position by...
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4867145 |
Abdominal and pelvic area support
An abdominal and pelvic area support (10) for being worn by, and supported by the shoulders of, a wearer (18). The pelvic area support (10) has a support member (12) including a backing panel (36)...
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4802469 |
Therapeutic body suit
The invention is a therapeutic body suit designed to produce therapeutic pressure on the abdominal and lower abdominal body areas as an aid to healing after certain types of surgery including:...
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4787379 |
Hernia healing truss
This invention is related to a hernia healing truss which is a belt with a flexible and bendable metal spring sheet inside. On one end of the belt, there is a pad, while on the other end, there is...
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4768499 |
Back and abdominal muscle supporting belt
A back and stomach supporting belt has an unpadded central panel of 1/4 inch leather which is placed in the small of the back to cover the five lumbar vertebra and the sacrospinalis muscles on both...
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4715364 |
Pelvis locking belt
A length-adjustable pelvis-locking belt which is tightly wound around portions immediately under the front upper spines of both iliums and a body side at the sacrum position. The belt comprises...
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4671264 |
Process for making pants-like undergarment incorporating a partially rigid and partially elastic structure for retaining abdominal tissue in place, particularly for retaining inguinal hernias in place and pants-like obtained with such process
A combination underpant and herial truss includes an underpant brief, an elastic belt disposed at the circumferential upper edge of the brief, and a pair of at least partly elastic bands whose ends...
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4641642 |
Patient-activated body immobilizer and method of use
A temporarily immobilizing harness is loosely positioned about the chest or other body part and closely spaced handles are squeezed using one or both hands to tighten the harness about the body....
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4592342 |
Method for appetite suppression and weight loss maintenance and device
A special belt is provided for effecting weight loss in the wearer. A central body has a convex side which is pressed into the abdomen about three fingers over the navel. The constant pressure both...
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