Patent ID: 11963899
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. An energy-activated, formable cast, comprising:
a pad adapted to cushion the cast against the skin of a patient;
an outer shell, comprising a planar sheet with edges;
ridges disposed along the edges of the outer shell, wherein the ridges connect the pad and the outer shell, thereby defining a gap; and
an energy-sensitive polymeric material that fills the gap, wherein the energy-sensitive polymeric material is formable when placed into the gap and the energy-sensitive material hardens when exposed to an energy source such that the cast is configured to conform to a body part of the patient while the energy-sensitive polymeric material is formable and the energy-sensitive polymeric material configured to support the body part once the energy-sensitive polymeric material has hardened.