Patent AU-2012337240-B2 (AU)
Title: Moisture resistant moldable injury therapy device and method
Inventor: JORISSEN KOEN JOZEF MARIA
IPC: A61F5/01
Filed: 2012-05-23
Granted: 2014-10-09
Abstract: (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date W O 2013/176663 Al 28 November 2013 (28.11.2013) W I P 0 I P C T (51) International Patent Classification: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BR, BW, BY, BZ, A61F 5/05 (2006.01) CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, Fl, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (21) International Application Number: HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KM, KN, KP, KR, PCT/US2012/039069 KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (22) International Filing Date: MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, 23 May 2012 (23.05.2012) OM, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, (25) Filing Language: English TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (26) Publication Language: English (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (71) Applicant (for all designated States except US): BSN kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, MEDICAL, INC. [US/US]; 5825 Carnegie Boulevard, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, Charlotte, NC 28209-4633 (US). UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, (72) Inventor; and EE, ES, Fl, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, (75) Inventor/Applicant (for US only): JORISSEN, Koen MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, Jozef, Maria [BE/DE]; Eppendorfer Weg 157, Hamburg TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, (DE). ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (74) Agents: BERNARD, Jeffrey, S. et al.; Shumaker, Loop & Published: on Street, Suite 1800, Charlotte, NC 28202-5013 (US). - with information concerning one or more priority claims (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every considered void (Rule 26bis.2(d)) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (54) Title: MOISTURE RESISTANT MOLDABLE INJURY THERAPY DEVICE AND METHOD (57) Abstract: A moisture-resistant multi-phase orthopedic system including a moisture-impervi ous sleeve, a moldable splint including a covered resin- Impregnated substrate, an elongate wrap for retaining the splint on the limb, and a removable cast for application to the limb during subsequent 18 14 -treatment phase Including a cast body having in terior side and exterior side and comprising a fab ric having an open structure for providing en hanced moisture transfer away from the skin and a x movable flap carried by the body overlying a part -- of the cast body to be applied to a treatment area of the limb, the flap adapted to cover and retain between the cast body and the flap the splint worn by the patient during the initial treatment phase in the same position as the location of the splint dur ing the initial treatment phase. A method of im mobilizing a limb in multiple treatment phases utilizing the orthopedic system.