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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7141713 | Method for reducing pressure damage to skin of a person, and corresponding skin protective devices A method for reducing pressure damage to skin of a person includes determining a location on the person susceptible to pressure damage, and adhesively securing a skin protective device to the location. The skin protective device includes a substrate having an inner ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7122046 | Treatment device A treatment device having a first portion in a first plane, a treatment portion with a cover in a second plane that defines a treatment volume extending between the first and second planes, and a flexible transition portion that connects the first portion to the tre... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7087806 | Friction reducing devices A self-adhesive bandage for prevention and treatment of skin breakdown by relief of friction and shear forces. The bandage includes a pair of thin film membranes, one of which is a portion of a dome and is free to move a limited distance with respect to the other. T... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6066109 | Pelvic reduction device A method for anatomical reduction of the bones of the pelvis includes a belt having a clasp or other fastening member. The device also includes at least two inflatable bladders slidingly positionable along the belt. Operationally, the device is positioned... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5980560 | Air injection type stomach band for pressing backbone An air injection type stomach band for distracting (e.g. stretching or extending) the lumbar vertebra of disc patients is disclosed. In the air injection type stomach band for distracting the lumbar vertebrae of disc patients, a plurality of air expansion... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5782856 | Obstetrical pneumogirdle This invention relates to an obsterical pneumogirdle having a body formed by a front section and a back section between which an inflatable chamber is placed. When inflated, the chamber remains located exactly over the front wall of a pregnant woman's abd... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5628721 | Back support assembly having an inflatable air cushion A back support assembly including a bulb pump which when pumped or squeezed by the user inflates an air cushion to exert the desired pressure and fit against the user's lower back. The cushion is secured to the middle of the elastic belt, which is adapted... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5514155 | Device for applying pressure to a person's groin This application introduces an improved and modified version of previously applied means of prevention from bleeding by this applicant. The previous applications were as follows D. Device, Pressure bandages and dressings, Device 2, D. Device 3, and D. Dev... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5423852 | Device for preventing post-catheterization wound bleeding Bleeding from a wound created as a consequence of catheterization of a vessel proximate the groin is prevented by a balloon that is secured by means of a wrap around the abdomen and thigh, and inflated. Several embodiments are disclosed. In one, the ballo... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5383893 | Device for preventing post-catherization wound bleeding The devices have various features including balloons that are joined by a line of folding parallel with the groin line and a wrap for holding the balloons that has a similar line of folding, but is unconstrained between abdomen- and thigh-wrap portions so... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5305750 | Neck bending apparatus A neck bending apparatus is utilized in association with a coil device of a magnetic resonance imaging system for imaging a forwardly or rearwardly bent condition of the neck portion of the patient. The apparatus includes a plurality of air cushions havin... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5197461 | Power adjustable orthopedic pillow This invention provides a pressure sensitive inflatable orthopedic pillow for therapy which comprises an inflatable bladder, an air switch in fluid communication with the bladder via a gas feedline, and an air supply which provides a constant stream of ai... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5170781 | Protective bandage having improved impact protection A protective bandage for covering a wound or other sensitive body area. A fluid-filled bubble means is positioned centrally of the bandage and is adapted to overlie the sensitive body area to protect it against impacts, to reduce the pain of impacts, and ... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5111807 | Back belt A back belt comprising a continuous, non-baffled, pressurizable air chamber having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a pair of opposing ends defining the periphery thereof; cushioning rims along the top and bottom edges of the air chamber; symmetrical contou... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4981131 | Passive motion back support A method for providing cyclic mobilization of the lumbar spine of a person includes providing a fluid-inflatable bag, positioning the bag behind and adjacent the lumbar region of the person, and alternately directing fluid to flow into and out of the bag ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4891847 | Method and apparatus for reducing incontinence or pain A device for reducing the risk of human incontininence while moving between a first standing position and a second seated position having an annular cushion structurally adapted for the posterior portion of a human while either in the first standing posit... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4817595 | Valve for pressure bandage (for the staunching of a bleeding external wound) The pressure bandage (1) for staunching a bleeding external wound (4) contains a hollow, gas-tight compress (2) which has at least one elastically ductile wall section (3), the outside of which can be laid against the wound to be treated. This wall sectio... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4669455 | Pneumatic tractor for the treatment of deformities of the spine A tractor for the treatment of deformities of the spine comprises a plate of rigid material such as plastic having a raised peripheral rib extending outwardly from the plate in the form of an elongated figure 8 which encloses a substantially cylindrical e... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4622957 | Therapeutic corset An improved therapeutic corset which is peculiarly adapted for the sacrum, lumbar and thoracic region of the body comprises an elongated support surface formed from material that is bendable when subjected to forces encountered thereby. Disposed on the su... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4608041 | Device for treatment of wounds in body tissue of patients by exposure to jets of gas Device for treatment of wounds in body tissue of patients by means of jets of gas. A nozzle unit is designed to be placed over the area of the wound in order to cover it and is provided with inlets (6,10) for admission of oxygen gas to the area of the wou... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4567887 | Therapeutic device for prevention and treatment of decubitous ulcerations Disclosed is a therapeutic device for the prevention and treatment of ulcerations in the hip and coccygeal areas. Tubular members surround and continuously make contact with second areas adjacent to and surrounding the immediate areas of the bony prominen... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4480638 | Cushion for holding an element of grafted skin A cushion for pressing an element of grafted skin against the body surface, wherein the portion (2) to be applied to the body has a window or opening (4) the dimensions of which approximately equal that of the graft. The edges (6) of the window (4) are at... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4344421 | Apparatus for the fast, painless treatment of varicose ulcers A varicose ulcer is treated by establishing over a variable and repetitive period of time a localized pressure at the level of the perforating varis to force the blood back to the deep venous system. The pressure is generated by means applied from the ext... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4182787 | Optically transparent, radiographically opaque tubing Flexible, biologically compatible, optically non-opaque and x-ray opaque tubing for use as a catheter comprised of an organopolysiloxane-polycarbonate terpolymer.... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4135503 | Orthopedic device An orthopedic device designed and configured to provide ambulatory traction to specific levels of the spine of a human wherein an inflatable bladder is affixed between a rigid base plate and an apertured template plate so as to extend outwardly therefrom ... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4027659 | Radiographic opaque and conductive stripped medical tubes A catheter or other medical tube is formed by extruding of a suitable thermoplastic with an integral stripe portion simultaneously formed by extruding of the same or a compatible plastic material into the wall of the tube. The integral stripe portion has ... | 06/07/1977 |
