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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2007
Christopher P. Chiodo, Walpole, MA (US);
Brent G. Parks, West Friendship, MD (US);
Lew C. Schon, Baltimore, MD (US);
Wu Zhang, Proctorville, OH (US);
George Borak, Barboursville, WV (US);
Christopher P. Chiodo, Walpole, MA (US);
Brent G. Parks, West Friendship, MD (US);
Lew C. Schon, Baltimore, MD (US);
Wu Zhang, Proctorville, OH (US);
George Borak, Barboursville, WV (US);
Darco International, Inc., Huntington, WV (US);
Abstract
A device and method for treating a foot and ankle with a splint and an adjustable bladder. The method includes providing a device including a rigid splint that maintains a heel of the foot and at least one adjustable bladder provided underneath only a front of the foot; adjusting an inflation of the at least one bladder to a treatment inflation state; and maintaining a foot and ankle within the device for an extended period of time such that the foot and ankle are substantially immobilized in a dorsiflexion position or the foot and ankle are substantially immobilized in a position whereby plantarflexion is provided to the ankle.