Abstract: A hip and knee abductor having a pair of leg securing members and a center pocket integrally attached therebetween. The center pocket receives an air inflation means capable of receiving, retaining and expelling air. The introduction of air in the air inflation means permits abduction of contracted legs. The unique use of the air inflation means permits the use of the abductor with fully contracted legs. A pair of rigid plates are inserted within retaining pockets formed in the pair of leg securing members for communicating with the expandable air inflation means and thereby applying lateral pressure to an inner portion of contracted legs.

Abstract: A patient hip guard is designed to be worn inside or outside of the clothing of the user. The guard includes a hip pad on each side, sized and configured to cover each hip, and consisting of an aesthetically pleasing pocket containing a pad having a configuration designed to approximate the femoral head of the hip bone. The pads are connected together by a belt adjustable in length to account for varying waist sizes. The inventive guard includes no buckles or other hard components that could cause discomfort to the user.

Abstract: An orthosis has a clamp designed to clamp the orthosis to the arm of a chair. Adjustment devices incorporated in the orthosis permit adjustment of the position and orientation of the orthosis in all degrees of freedom and the arm rest of the orthosis includes structure allowing an elbow receiving portion to be lengthened or shortened.

Abstract: A center abduction bar attached at opposite ends to T-shaped connecting elements held in place by thumb screws, the connecting elements attached to side plates conforming to the shape of a patient's thigh and a soft covering over the side plates. The center abduction bar has an inner bar and outer tube to permit adjustment of the center bar's width and to control abduction of the patient's knee and hip. A thumb screw on the abduction bar controls the width setting.

Abstract: A therapeutic device for attachment to the foot and leg of a user for alleviating and correcting foot deformities, and for maintaining the foot in a fixed, stable, yet comfortable position following surgery or other medical procedure performed on the foot. The device comprises a leg engaging portion, a foot supporting portion and a heel portion which interconnects and advantageously is integral with the leg and foot portions. The heel portion has an inner and an outer surface and a curvature such that the inner surface of the heel portion can be positioned in sufficient spaced relation to the heel of a user to prevent contact between the inner surface of the heel portion and the heel of the user thereby to eliminate any chafing, or abrasive contact, or decubitus or pain-inducing pressure between the heel of the user and the inner surface of the heel portion.