Leg restraint
CA 1305000 C · Owner: British Technology Group Intercorporate Licensing Limited · Inventors: Meyer, Paul Arthur Roland
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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Leg Restraint, An orthopaedic device which is suitable for the treatment or prevention of subluxation or dislocation of the hip joint is described. The device comprises a waist band, two thigh bands and two leg bars. Each leg bar is attached at one end to a thigh band which is free to rotate about an axis which is perpendicular to the leg bar. The other end of each leg bar is rotatably held in a sleeve attached to the waist band. Each sleeve is capable of being inclined downwards with respect to the plane of the waist band. The spacial relationship of the axis of the sleeve and the distal end of the leg bar is such that the device operates by maintaining the legs of the wearer in abduction …
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted July 14, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 14, 2009.
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