Patent ID: 6093161
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A medical thermoplastic apparatus for immobilization or support of a body part of a human or animal comprising:a pre-cut sheet of thermoplastic moldable material that is substantially rigid at ambient temperatures and pliable at higher temperatures of between about 50.degree. C. to about 100.degree. C., said pre-cut sheet having opposing edges and shaped to generally conform to and encircle a selected human or animal body part when in the pliable state,a fastener for fastening the opposing edges of the sheet, said fastener adapted to help shape and hold the sheet in a configuration generally conforming to and encircling said body part when said sheet is in a pliable state, and adapted to cause said sheet to supply generally even pressure to said body part when in the rigid state,whereby said pre-cut sheet hardens into a substantially rigid configuration generally conforming to and encircling said body part and also supplying generally even pressure to said body part.