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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1993
Andrew W Larson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steven P Bitler, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Lawrence C Greene, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
David D Taft, Atherton, CA (US);
Ray F Stewart, Redwood City, CA (US);
Valentine Y Yoon, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Thomas W Ross, Los Gatos, CA (US);
David A Kamp, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Edward E Schmitt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Landec Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Orthopedic casts which comprise an elastically deformed support which is held in its elastically deformed state by a solid casting composition. After the cast has been placed around a patient's limb, it is heated to soften the casting composition, thus permitting recovery of the cast into conforming contact with the limb. The support can for example be a fabric knitted from elastomeric fibers and glass fiber yarns. The casting composition can for example comprise polycaprolactone and/or a side chain crystallizable polymer, which melts at 45.degree.-60.degree. C. A padded liner can be placed between the cast and the limb. Recovery of the cast is preferably carried out by means of a hot air gun.