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US 11,464,656 · App. 16/736,402 · Granted Oct 11, 2022

Post-operative support apparatus for a patient's residual limb

Inventors: John-Paul Donovan (Cumberland, ME); Shannon Donovan (Cumberland, ME); Mitchel Donovan (Cumberland, ME)
Assignee: Cobblestone, LLC
A61F2/7812A61F2/78A61F5/0102A61F5/0193A61F2002/503A61F2002/7862A61F2002/7881A61F2005/0183
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,464,656
App. No.
16/736,402
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A post-operative support apparatus for a patient's transfemoral residual limb, includes: a planar, stretchable, tensionable and flexible wrap panel sized to wrap around an outer circumference of a patient's transfemoral residual limb, where the wrap panel includes first fastener(s) for maintaining the wrap panel in place around the patient's residual limb; a planar, stretchable, tensionable and flexible hip-band sized to wrap around an outer circumference of a patient's hip or waist, where the hip-band includes second fastener(s) for maintaining the hip-band in place around the patient's hip or waist; and third fastener(s) releasably fastening the wrap panel to the hip-band.

Claims (11)

1. A post-operative support apparatus for a patient's transfemoral residual limb, comprising:

a planar, stretchable, tensionable and flexible wrap panel sized to wrap around an outer circumference of a patient's transfemoral residual limb, the wrap panel including one or more first fasteners for maintaining the wrap panel in place around the patient's residual limb;

a planar, stretchable, tensionable and flexible hip-band sized to wrap around an outer circumference of a patient's hip or waist, the hip-band including one or more second fasteners for maintaining the hip-band in place around the patient's hip or waist; and

one or more third fasteners releasably fastening the wrap panel to the hip-band;

wherein the one or more third fasteners include an inner fastening tab and at least one outer fastening tab sandwiching the wrap panel therebetween;

wherein the inner fastening tab is wider than the at least one outer fastening tab;

where in the hip-band includes a central panel segment configured for orienting about a side of a patient's hip and a waist-band segment for wrapping about the patient's hip or waist;

wherein the one or more second fasteners releasably fasten a leading end the waist-band segment to the central panel segment;

wherein the central panel segment includes a distal end width and a proximal end width, the distal end width being larger than the proximal end width;

wherein the inner fastening tab extends the substantially the entire distal end width of the central panel segment; and

wherein the inner fastening tab is wider than the distal end width of the central panel segment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2020
From: DONOVAN, JOHN-PAUL; DONOVAN, SHANNON; DONOVAN, MITCHEL
To: COBBLESTONE, LLC
Reel/Frame 051440/0104 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 15247507 · Aug 25, 2016
Provisional Application 62211318 · Aug 28, 2015
Related Publication 20200170810A1 · Jun 4, 2020