Patent ID: 8777883

Claim:
A surgical cast venting device for venting a region of a patient's limb which includes a first section of the patient's limb having a bendable joint therein, said venting device comprising: a flexible wide, central portion sufficiently large in area to cover a major part of said first section of the patient's limb having said bendable joint therein including opposite side surfaces of the limb and a front or rear surface extending between said side surfaces; and two elongate, flexible wrapping strips extending from and connected to opposite sides of said central portion, each strip being sufficiently long to be wrapped in a spiral manner around a respective one of second and third sections of the patient's limb, said second and third sections being located at opposite ends of said first section and adjacent thereto, wherein said central portion has at least a first inside surface and a second outside surface, said first and second strips during use of the venting device being wrappingly positioned on opposite sides of the first section of the patient's limb, one of said first and second surfaces formed therein generally uniformly spaced circular protrusions to permit air circulation under a surgical cast that is formed over said venting device when said venting device has been arranged on the first, second and third sections of the patient's limb so as to substantially cover at least said major part of said first section of the patient's limb.