Total Contact Cast System and Methods for Safe and Easy Removal Thereof

• Main Authors: Serena, Thomas E, Morton, Cameron B, Wilcox, James R, Anderson, Danny E, Mayhugh, Timothy A, Morvel, JR., Stephen C, Anderson, Kimberly G
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.06.2018
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; BROACHING; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILING; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MACHINE TOOLS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PLANING; PROSTHESES; SAWING; SCRAPING; SHEARING; SLOTTING; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A cast system, which includes: a padding layer configured to be disposed within a cast and support a portion of a patient's limb; a casting material which hardens around the padding layer and form an outer shell of the cast surrounding the patient's limb; and a wire saw configured to be disposed within the cast and extend along a longitudinal axis of the cast. The wire saw has a cutting surface which is at least partly enclosed by a plastic sheath. By enclosing the wire saw cutting surface in a plastic sheath, the saw does not lock up during the cutting operation, cutting is facilitated, allowing for easy and safe removal of the cast by pulling at least one end of the wire saw so as to cut through the outer shell of the cast.