Patent ID: 11890217
Assignee: PEDIATRIC ANSWERS, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A method of using a brace to immobilize a clavicle fracture in an infant, comprising:
surrounding a torso of an infant with a first portion of a garment of fabric and using a first closure to secure the first portion of the garment around the torso of the infant;
securing a second portion of the garment over a shoulder corresponding to a fractured clavicle of the infant using a second closure;
positioning an upper and lower arm of an infant in a sleeve on a same lateral side of the garment as the second closure, a portion of the sleeve being affixed to a portion of the garment, the portion of the garment to which the portion of the sleeve is affixed being located over the torso of the infant when the garment is secured around the torso of the infant; wherein positioning the upper and lower arm of the infant in the sleeve comprises positioning the upper and lower arm of the infant proximate to a reinforcement material extending along at least a portion of the sleeve, wherein the reinforcement material extending along a laterally distal portion of the upper arm and along the ulna of the infant when the sleeve of the brace is secured around the arm of the infant; and
securing the sleeve around at least a portion of the upper and lower arm of the infant using at least a third closure.