Process for the manufacture of flexible surgical and orthopedic bandage materials

Abstract

Abstract A PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF FLEXIBLE SURGICAL AND ORTHOPEDIC BANDAGE MATERIALS ESSENTIALLY COMPRISING 1,2EPOXY RESIN IMPREGNATED GLASS FIBRE FABRIC HAVING A HIGH FILLER CONTENT AND WHICH BANDAGE MATERIALS CAN BE SHAPED AND HARDENED AT PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACCEPTABLE TEMPERATURE AND WITHIN SURGICALLY ACCEPTABLE TIME INTERVAL TO MECHANICALLY STIFF SURGICAL AND ORTHOPEDIC PERMANENT SUPPORTING DRESSINGS, WHEREIN IN A FIRST STAGE A FLAT STRUCTURAL MATERIAL WHICH IS POROUS OR SUITABLE FOR USE AS BANDAGE FOR PATIENTS IS IMPREGNATED WITH A LIQUID, CURABLE 1,2EPOXY RESIN-CURING AGENT COMPOSITION AND THEN IN A SECOND STAGE THE WET, TACKY SURFACE IS SPRINKLED WITH A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF A FINELY POWDERED FILLER, AND ANY EXCESS OF FILLER IS REMOVED MECHANICALLY, TO FORM A DRY-, NON-TACKY, SMOOTH SURFACE ON THE RESIN IMPREGNATED FLAT MATERIAL. THE SO-OBTAINED FLEXIBLE BANDAGE BEING ADAPTED FOR CONVERSION INTO MECHANICALLY STIFF, HARDENED SURGICAL AND ORTHOPEDIC PERMANENT SUPPORTING DRESSING ON THE BODY OF A PATIENT.

Inventors

• 👤 Willy Ernst Reber
• 👤 Henry Nigst
• 👤 Josef Haas
• 👤 Hans Batzer
• 👤 Paul Zuppinger

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