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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas D. Darcey, Mooresville, NC (US);
Assignee:
BSN Medical, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/00 ;
Abstract
A lumbosacral support pad for being custom-fitted to the lumbosacral area of the back and comprising an initially flexible fabric layer comprised of a fabric impregnated or coated with a moisture-curable resin which hardens upon curing to form a rigid structure which retains the shape into which it is molded during curing, a protective covering layer enclosing at least one major surface of the fabric layer, a moisture-proof protective pouch within which said lumbosacral support pad is sealed for storage in the absence of moisture until the pad is to be molded to the back.