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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:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard M. Stess, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Peter M. Graf, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Synthetic Tubular Socks, Inc., Mill Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 3/338 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 3/338 ;
Abstract
Custom molded orthopedic impression shirt ( ) having a configuration substantially covering the torso of a patient. The impression shirt is formed from a thin, resin-impregnated elastic fabric shirt layer ( ) mounted over a thin, flexible, resin-impervious release shirt layer ( ), and preferably over a thin, elastic, thermally insulating fabric shirt layer ( ). In the present method, the impression shirt is hardened on the patient's torso, cut off the patient's torso and then used to form a custom thoracic lumbar sacral orthosis in a fabrication laboratory.