Patent classifications
A61F5/0104
CUSTOMIZABLE FITTED APPARATUS
A customizable fitted device for immobilizing injuries and a method for constructing the fitted device is provided. The fitted device can be used to stabilize an arm, wrist, hand, leg, knee, ankle, foot or other body parts through custom formation. The device can be formed by a sidewall having one or more sidewall sections that can be secured together using retaining clips positioned within retaining clip slots on the device. The device can further include one or more openings defined in the sidewall of each device section while maintaining rigidity in the sidewall. The device can be constructed by of creating a 3D image scan of the particular body part on which the device will be applied, creating a design of the device to precisely match the contours of the 3D image scan, and using a 3D printer to construct the device according to the design.
MEDICAL BRACE AND METHODS OF PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF
The disclosure relates to a brace, methods of preparation, and methods of using the brace. The brace comprises a plurality of first helix structures and a plurality of second helix structures. Each first helix winds in a first direction from a proximal end to a distal end, conforming to a contour of an object. Each second helix winds in a second direction from the proximal end to the distal end, also conforming to the contour of the object. Each first helix of the plurality of first helix structures is rotatably coupled to a corresponding second helix of the plurality of second helix structures, forming a helix pair. The first direction of the plurality of first helix structures opposes the second direction of the plurality of second helix structures.