Abstract: A snore prevention clip includes a top teeth engaging portion, a bottom teeth engaging portion and a connecting portion. The snore prevention clip provides a minimally obstructive clip that attaches to the teeth of a wearer with the majority of the snore prevention clip being held outside the mouth of the wearer. The top teeth engaging portion and the bottom teeth engaging portion are in a staggered configuration to enable comfortable forward movement of the lower jaw, keeping the airway of a wearer open and thereby preventing snoring.

Abstract: A mask is provided. The mask according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first fabric forming an externally exposed surface; a second fabric disposed on one surface of the first fabric to be in close contact with a part of the wearer's face and including a first fiber including a silver wire; and ear bands provided on the opposite ends of the first fabric. Accordingly, the mask including the silver wire can fundamentally prevent the, generation of bacteria by a user's saliva and re-inhalation of proliferated bacteria and has excellent antibacterial performance. In addition, the mask provided with a ply yarn including a silver wire and a general-purpose fiber has excellent washing durability and elasticity and can have the effect of maintaining antibacterial performance and washing durability even when the silver wire included in the mask is broken.

Abstract: A smart brace is configured to be worn on a limb over the joint and includes a sensor that gathers data related to motion. The sensor can be included in a hinge assembly of the smart brace. The hinge assembly can include a first gear and a first bar and a second gear and a second bar. The first gear can be meshingly engaged with the second gear such that rotation of one causes corresponding rotation of the other. The first bar and the second bar are configured in size and shape to be flexible in a frontal plane and rigid in a sagittal plane. An end of the first bar and an end of the second bar can be received within corresponding recesses of the first gear and the second gear.

Abstract: An inflatable device for patient positioning is provided. The inflatable device may include a first inflation module and a second inflation module. The first inflation module may include a tail, a first inflation chamber, and a second inflation chamber. The second inflation module may include a third inflation chamber and a plurality of uninflatable portions. The first inflation module and the second inflation module may be welded together at an inflation module weld. The second inflation module may be welded into a loop. The first inflation chamber and the second inflation chamber may be disposed within the loop.

Abstract: An impact guard for use with a knee brace includes a second shell secured to a padded liner, and a first shell disposed of over at least a portion of the second shell. The second shell is tethered to the first shell by an elastic cord, such that a second portion of the first shell slides over the first shell.

Abstract: An anatomical brace for dynamically stabilizing the elbow during elbow articulation, the anatomical brace comprising a brace body; a hinge mechanism comprising a pivot; a pivot cable guide mounted to the pivot; an upper arm cable guide mounted to the hinge mechanism and the brace body; an ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) cable guide mounted to the brace body; and a cable, the cable being routed along the hinge mechanism, through the pivot cable guide, along the hinge mechanism, through the upper arm cable guide, and through the UCL cable guide; wherein, when the anatomical brace is secured to the arm of the user, and when the elbow moves to full extension, the cable is tensioned, whereby to apply a force to the UCL of the user, and when the elbow thereafter moves to full flexion, the cable is relaxed, so that the force applied to the UCL is released.

Abstract: Exemplary head stabilization devices or head fixation devices (HFDs) for supporting and stabilizing a head of a patient during a medical procedure include a positioning assembly defining an axis of rotation. The positioning assembly includes a selectively rotatable portion that is rotatable about the axis of rotation to adjust a rotational position of the rotatable portion of the positioning assembly relative to the head of the patient. Also included is a head support configured to directly or indirectly adjustably connect with the positioning assembly such that the head support is translatable relative to the positioning assembly and rotatable in unison with the rotatable portion of the positioning assembly. The translation and rotation of the head support permits changing a position of the head support relative to the head of the patient.

Abstract: Face shield apparatuses used during medical procedures. The apparatuses may include a frame including a first and second curved member. Each of the first and second curved members may include: a first end, a second end, and an outer surface extending between the first and second end. The apparatuses may also include a bridge extending between the first end of the first curved member and the first end of the second curved member, a first rib(s) and second rib(s) rotatably coupled to the outer surface of the first curved member and second curved member, respectively. The rib(s) may extend beyond and substantially parallel to the outer surface of the first and second curved members. Additionally, the apparatuses may further include a first and second extension coupled to the first and second curved members, and a backing component releasably coupled to the first and second extensions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a joint bandage for a wrist or an ankle with a strap element, wherein the strap element has at least two elastic sections and at least one non-elastic section between the two elastic sections, wherein the second end of the strap element is reversibly fastenable to the strap element or to a tube element and/or wherein the strap element is at least 40 cm long.

Abstract: A polycentric hinge for a knee brace, and knee brace including such hinge. The hinge includes first couple of hinge arms, second couple of hinge arms, and hinge body for hinging together the first couple of hinge arms and second couple of hinge arms. Each hinge arm of the first couple and each hinge arm of the second couple has a first end pivotally enclosed inside said hinge body and a second end pivotally fixed to a mounting frame. The hinge body is provided with pivoting means adapted to engage said first ends to define four different and spaced apart rotation axes extending transversally with respect to a longitudinal axis of the hinge body. The first ends of each hinge arm of the second couple can be connected to each other, so that rotation of the mounting frame causes rotation of both hinge arms around their respective rotation axes.

Abstract: A configurable time-delayed oral mandible displacement device includes a top member and a bottom member, the bottom member slidably coupled to the top member for movement between a non-extended position and an extended position. A control mechanism is coupled between the top member and the bottom member for controlling extension of the bottom member. The control mechanism an element fabricated from a shape memory material. The control mechanism further includes a heat-transfer control portion providing configurability by variation of a characteristic thereof. The configurability allows for controllably selecting a duration of an activation time delay, during which the temperature of the element fabricated from shape memory material increases to an activation temperature by absorbing body heat from a human wearer after the device is inserted into the mouth of the human wearer.

Abstract: An orthopaedic brace has two rigid valves, each having a back portion; a rigid back plate extending in a longitudinal direction and partially overlapping the back portions of both valves; front closing devices, configured to tighten the valves at the front in an adjustable manner; back closing devices, configured to tighten the valves at the back in an adjustable manner.

Abstract: The present invention provides materials and methods for forming an interface between an appliance and living tissue using a foamed elastomeric material which contacts the tissue or similar surfaces. The elastomeric material is in the form of a durable and washable material that, when applied to or implanted in living tissue or similar surfaces, displaces and flows in to non-conforming areas creating an air and/or water tight seal that substantially returns to an original shape when removed from the contact surface. The appliance may also include structural elements designed to optimize comfort, compliance and seal achieved through minimizing the pressure variation along the contact surface of the therapy device.

Abstract: A magnetic buckle structure for a knee-joint brace and a knee-joint brace having the same. The magnetic buckle structure for the knee-joint brace includes a joint brace body, a lower magnetic buckle arranged on the joint brace body, and an upper magnetic buckle arranged on the lower magnetic buckle and magnetically connected to the lower magnetic buckle. Through the arrangement of the upper magnetic buckle and the lower magnetic buckle, a bandage of the knee-joint brace can be magnetically fixed or replaced, whereby being convenient for a user to wear and remove the knee-joint brace.

Abstract: The invention belongs to the technical field of health care products, in particular to a flexible and conveniently adjustable neck brace, comprising a chest support block. The chest support block is connected to the adjustment components through the connection rods. The adjustment components are connected to a lower jaw support. The top of the lower jaw support is equipped with a support plate that can slide above it. The user can place head on the support plate and can rotate left and right. Compared with the existing neck brace, this structure is more flexible, and it is convenient for users to use. And it is also equipped with a magnet to facilitate the reset of the support plate to the middle position. The neck brace adopts the adjustable components, which are more convenient for users to adjust.

Abstract: In some cases, a wound dressing and a method for coating a wound dressing is provided. A first coating may be applied on a first side of a substantially flexible substrate of the wound dressing. The first side of the substrate may support a plurality of electronic components, electronic tracks, and a plurality of connectors between the electronic components and electronic tracks. The first coating may be applied to at least one connector of the plurality of connectors or to at least one electronic components of the plurality of electronic components to reinforce the at least one connector or the at least one electronic components.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compression and/or contention garment for lymphoedema treatment, the garment including a main body made of a compression textile. The garment has at least a first targeted area, in which the garment includes at least one layer of reinforcement textile, and at least a second targeted area, in which the garment includes at least one layer of contention textile.

Abstract: The present invention is directed at a series of leg garments that provide support for reducing loads at the knee, hip, ankle, and spine, as well as options for leg shape contouring, muscle training, pain reduction, and injury treatment. The leg garments may comprise a base layer with reinforced portions disposed throughout. The leg garments may comprise adjustable support elements. The size, shape, position, quantity, and material composition of the reinforced portions and the adjustable support elements may be selected to achieve the desired tensive properties for the leg garment. Various tensioning mechanisms may be positioned at strategic areas to further control the leg garments' tensive properties, improving effectiveness and comfort. In some embodiments, cables may run through channels in the reinforced portions or support elements.

Abstract: In combination with a knee brace, the variable radius spring assembly of the present invention provides a full range knee orthotic with support to the leg muscles without compromising the range of motion and the patient's normal walk/gate. The assembly comprises upper and lower hinge pieces attached to upper and lower sections of the brace, a spring bracket, and an elongated spring element that extends downward from the upper hinge piece past a catch on the lower hinge piece. Two such assemblies are attached to a knee brace, one on the inner side and one on the outer side. As the lower leg, and the lower hinge piece, move rearward, the catch forces the spring element rearward and slides downward along the spring element. Consequently, the spring element has a non-linear response requiring approximately the same about of force to deflect the spring element throughout its range of rearward travel.

Abstract: A device for supporting a lower limb of a subject. The device has a housing for a lower limb and a limb support. The housing has a longitudinal axis aligned with a longitudinal axis of the lower limb. A driving mechanism connected between the housing and the limb support, causes movement of the limb support between a retracted position parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing and an extended position in which the limb support extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the housing to support the lower limb.