Patent ID: 7597671
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for attaching a low-temperature thermoplastic to a layer of laminated foam neoprene to create a low-temperature thermoplastic splint, comprising cutting a flat low-temperature thermoplastic panel to a desired size, placing the thermoplastic panel against a backing material and placing these two materials into a heat press and heating the material together to a temperature of over 250° Fahrenheit for at least 15 seconds, then allowing the panel to lay flat and to cool, thereby creating a thermoplastic stay, heating the thermoplastic stay to a temperature greater than 140° Fahrenheit and lower than 280° Fahrenheit and placing the thermoplastic stay on the layer of material laminated foam neoprene with the backing material of the thermoplastic stay facing away from the layer of laminated foam neoprene, then pressing the thermoplastic stay into the layer of laminated foam neoprene thereby forming a bond between the two where the thermoplastic is malleable at temperatures above 140° Fahrenheit and rigid at temperatures below 120° Fahrenheit.