Ventilated cast structure and method of producing the same
US4387710A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 21, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F13/046
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A surgical structure for preventing skin irritation occasioned by confinement of a body part within a plaster cast featuring the provision intermediate the cast and body part of a loosely compacted fibrous layer communicating through a passage in the cast with a source of conditioned air controlled as to pressure, temperature and humidity and providing an air flow path adjacent the skin of the body part so that drying thereof is substantially avoided. A barrier layer is desirably located proximate the fibrous layer to prevent movement thereinto of cast material during the molding thereof. Connector means are provided from the air source through socket means embedded in the plaster cast and communicating with the loosely compacted fibrous layer.
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