Patent ID: 6398748
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: A61F,B29C,B29L

Abstract:
A molded appliance for a body part having a front, a back, and an area requiring a splint, said appliance comprising:a first sheet which is not sensitive to radio frequency energy at a radio frequency at which the appliance is molded so that said first sheet does not significantly heat and does not soften when said first sheet is exposed to the radio frequency energy, shaped to cover at least said area, a splint, a second sheet which is sensitive to radio frequency energy at the radio frequency at which the appliance is molded so that said second sheet heats and softens when it is exposed to the radio frequency energy, fused to itself around said splint and around a rod, and bonded to said first sheet by the radio frequency generated heat provided by said second sheet, hooks for hook and loop fastening, extending from said appliance, formed from said second sheet by radio frequency generated heat provided by said second sheet when said second sheet is fused to itself.