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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 1984
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carol J Laufenberg, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Milton F Custer, Byron, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hexcel Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 90 ;
Abstract
An orthopedic cast material having a thermoplastic material and provided with a quantity of (poly)ethylene oxide applied thereto to prevent adherence of adjacent convolutions of the cast material when it is in the form of a roll and is immersed in hot water prior to being wrapped on a limb or body part of a patient. The (poly)ethylene oxide can be in the form of a coating on the outer surface of the cast material or in the resin of the cast material.