| US 7,549,967 B2 | ||
| Fixing means for temporarily fixing human or animal body parts | ||
| Peter Elsner, Holzmaden (Germany); Adam Geissler, Karlsdorf-Neuthard (Germany); and Martin Knörlein, Freiburg (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forschung der angewandten Forschung e.V., München (Germany) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/591,274 PCT Filed Feb. 17, 2005, PCT No. PCT/EP2005/001617 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Aug. 31, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/087160, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 22, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 10 2004 011 872 (DE), filed on Mar. 11, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0142758 A1, Jun. 21, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61F 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 602—5 [602/8; 602/75] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A fixing means for temporarily fixing human or animal body parts, with at least one flexible carrier layer which is coated
with at least one hardenable material, wherein the body part to be fixed is surrounded either completely or partially by the
fixing means, and the hardenable material is then hardened, thereby stiffening the carrier layer, the fixing means comprising:
at least one outer layer of a flexible polymer sheet;
at least one inner layer of a flexible polymer sheet; and
at least one substantially liquid or viscous layer of at least one hardenable adhesive disposed between said outer and said
inner layers, wherein said outer and inner layers of said flexible polymer sheets as well as said adhesive layer are transparent
such that a fixed body part remains visible beneath the fixing means.
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