Thermoformable laminate for orthopedic splints

摘要

A thermoformable laminate for use in making orthopedic splints is composed of a sheet of thermoformable splinting material having opposite sides and a covering layer applied to at least one of those sides as padding for more comfortable application and wear on a patient's limb. The covering layer may be applied to the thermoformable sheet by a fiber flocking process and is chosen to allow heating of the thermoformable sheet to a deformable state by means such as hot air blowers or immersion in hot water. The laminate may be cut with scissors or the like and formed to custom shapes resulting in ready-to-apply orthopedic splints after attachment of splint retaining straps.

主权项

1. An orthopedic splinting laminate composed of a thermoformable splinting sheet material having opposite sides and a covering layer of padding material applied to at least one of said sides for padding the splint for more comfortable application of said splinting sheet material to the limb of a patient.