Patent ID: 7311685
Filing Date: 2007-12-25
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An immobilizing apparatus used as an orthopedic cast, brace or splint adapted to immobilize human or animal body parts, comprising: an inner protective padding, said padding having a middle layer, a top layer, and a bottom layer, said bottom layer adjacent to the skin, said middle layer comprising a plurality of substantially parallel elongate connecting members, said members having a top and a bottom, said top and said bottom of said connecting members intertwined into said top layer and said bottom layer, said top and said bottom of said connecting members substantially perpendicular to said top and said bottom layer, said connecting members spaced apart from each other creating a plurality of open spaces within said middle layer, said top layer and said bottom layer held in a substantially parallel fixed relation to each other by said elongate connecting members, said top layer, said bottom layer and said middle layer being water permeable, said plurality of open spaces allowing for rapid evacuation of water, moisture and air therethrough, said padding conforming to the surface area to which it is attached, said plurality of open spaces of said middle layer permitting substantial ventilation to said top layer and said bottom layer; and an outer immobilizing material layer positioned over said padding top layer.