Patent ID: 6929613

Claim:
A hardenable orthopaedic support adapted to adjustably conform to an anatomical structure comprising a blank formed of a flexible material, at least part of the flexible material being impregnated with a hardenable material which will harden in the presence of an activating agent to support the anatomical structure, the blank having: a first lobe adapted to drape about a first length of the anatomical structure; a second lobe adapted to drape about a second length of the anatomical structure; a third lobe adapted to drape about a third length of the anatomical structure; a flexible first joining region disposed longitudinally between the first and second lobes and having a transverse width less than a transverse width of the first lobe and less than a transverse width of the second lobe, the first joining region being adapted to allow the first lobe to be reoriented with respect to the second lobe; and a second joining region disposed longitudinally between the second and third lobes and having a transverse width less than the transverse width of the second lobe and less than a transverse width of the third lobe, the second joining region being adapted to allow the second lobe to be reoriented with respect to the third lobe.