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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2002
Wendy Henderson, Ventura, CA (US);
Michael Campos, Camarillo, CA (US);
Walter Doubleday, Jupiter, FL (US);
Joseph Iglesias, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
David Cormier, Oxnard, CA (US);
Wendy Henderson, Ventura, CA (US);
Michael Campos, Camarillo, CA (US);
Walter Doubleday, Jupiter, FL (US);
Joseph Iglesias, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
David Cormier, Oxnard, CA (US);
Royce Medical Company, Camarillo, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides improved hardenable orthopaedic supports and methods of making the same. One embodiment provides a support which includes a blank made of a permeable, flexible material and including a structural region impregnated with a hardenable material and a peripheral region which will remain flexible after the hardenable material is hardened. Another embodiment provides a method of manufacturing an orthopaedic support in which a permeable, flexible material is positioned adjacent a recess of a molding element; the flexible material is contacted with a hardenable material; and the hardenable material is placed under pressure in the molding element to impregnate the section of the flexible material with the hardenable material.