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Orthopedic bandage
Assignee: Johnson and Johnson
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Filing: 1977-06-02
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Granted: 1979-01-16
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Expires: 1997-06-02
Abstract
Abstract An orthopedic bandage which includes a flexible carrier comprising a woven fiberglass fabric, said fabric being a mock leno weave, and a cast forming composition supported therein comprising a monomer selected from a group consisting of diacetone acrylamide, N isopropyl acrylamide, and mixtures thereof. Preferably said bandage comprises at least nine weight percent diacetone acrylamide.
Inventors
- 👤 Spiros Gianakakos
- 👤 Neil H. Rosen
- 👤 Paul Siminuk
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 18:58
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61L; A61L15/00; A61L15/07; A61L15/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
66 words
An orthopedic bandage which includes a flexible carrier comprising a woven fabric, said fabric being characterized as a mock leno weave, which is formed from a yarn having an initial modulus of greater than 5,000,000 lbs./in. 2 , and a cast forming composition supported thereon, said cast forming composition comprising a monomer selected from the group consisting of diacetone acrylamide, n isopropyl acrylamide and mixtures thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
66 words
An orthopedic bandage which includes a flexible carrier comprising a woven fabric, said fabric being characterized as a mock leno weave, which is formed from a yarn having an initial modulus of greater than 5,000,000 lbs./in. 2 , and a cast forming composition supported thereon, said cast forming composition comprising a monomer selected from the group consisting of diacetone acrylamide, n isopropyl acrylamide and mixtures thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
An orthopedic bandage according to claim 1 wherein said fabric is a fiberglass fabric.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
72 words
An orthopedic bandage according to claim 2 wherein said fabric is characterized as having groups of three or more warp or filling threads interlaced in such a way that the threads of each group can come together easily in one bunch, while they are separated from the adjacent groups by reason of the last thread of one group and the first thread of the next group being interlaced in directly opposite order.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
An orthopedic bandage according to claim 3 wherein said fabric is characterized as having groups of three warp yarns.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
An orthopedic bandage according to claim 4 wherein said fabric is characterized as being an open fabric having holes in dimensions of from 0.05 to 0.15 inches in the warp direction and from 0.025 inches to 0.10 inches in the fill direction.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
An orthopedic bandage according to claim 5 wherein the yarn is a multi-filament type yarn wherein the individual filaments vary in diameter from 0.00015 to 0.00036 and said yarn comprises from 50 to 2500 individual filaments.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
An orthopedic bandage according to claim 6 wherein the fabric comprises from 20 to 30 ends per inch and from 10 to 18 picks per inch.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
An orthopedic bandage according to claim 7 wherein the yarn has a twist of from 0.5 to 1.0 twists per inch.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
An orthopedic bandage according to claim 1 wherein the total amount of monomer components comprises from 30 to 100 percent of the total weight of said fabric.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
13 words
An orthopedic bandage according to claim 9 wherein said monomer is diacetone acrylamide.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
An orthopedic bandage according to claim 1 wherein said diacetone acrylamide comprises at least nine weight percent of said bandage.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1982-01-15 | 1982-07-17 | 1983-01-16 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1986-01-15 | 1986-07-17 | 1987-01-16 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1990-01-15 | 1990-07-17 | 1991-01-16 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |