RELATIVE STIFFNESS FASTENERS

• Main Authors: KLINE, Mark James, NEASE, Michael Gary, MACURA, Anna Elizabeth
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 05.07.2017
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HABERDASHERY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; JEWELLERY; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A fastening member (100) has an inboard end (102) and an outboard end (104) and a panel region (110), an end region (120), and a fastening element (116). The panel region (110) has a proximal edge and a distal edge. The panel region (110) is disposed adjacent to the inboard end (102) and is more ext...