Patents by Inventor Christine H. Forsyth

Christine H. Forsyth has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5027804
    Abstract: A substrate suitable for use in a water hardenable orthopaedic splinting bandage is formed from a knitted fabric in which the yarn running along the length of the substrate is from a heat shrinkable yarn so that after heat treatment the substrate is stretchable in the lengthwise direction. The heat shrinkable yarn is suitably a polyester or polyamide and the non-heat shrinkable yarn is suitably a different polyester or polypropylene. Preferably the substrate has a lengthwise extension of not less than 5% and not more than 30%. A water hardenable orthopaedic bandage in which the substrate is impregnated with a water curable resin particularly an isocyanate-containing resin is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew plc
    Inventors: Christine H. Forsyth, Richard H. Pearce