US 12,263,108 B2
Sleeve and method for use with orthopedic device
Sindri Pall Sigurdsson, Reykjavik (IS); Hronn Kristinsdottir, Reykjavik (IS); and Christophe Valois, Reykjavik (IS)
Assigned to OSSUR ICELAND EHF, Reykjavik (IS)
Filed by Ossur Iceland ehf, Reykjavik (IS)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/541,842.
Application 18/541,842 is a continuation of application No. 17/559,820, filed on Dec. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,872,150.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/130,978, filed on Dec. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0108489 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0109 (2013.01) 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sleeve, comprising:
a tubular body having first and second ends;
wherein the first end defines a locking cuff having a tacky band extending about an exterior surface of the sleeve of the first end of the tubular body; a non-tacky band located extending distally from the tacky band relative to a longitudinal axis of the sleeve; and a receiving band located extending distally from the non-tacky band relative to the longitudinal axis;
wherein the tacky band has a first height relative to the longitudinal axis and the non-tacky band has a second height relative to the longitudinal axis combining to a height that is the same as a third height of the receiving band relative to the longitudinal axis;
wherein the tacky band only extends about the exterior surface of the sleeve in that the tacky band is not present on an interior surface of the sleeve;
wherein the tubular body further defines a central portion adjacent to and extending distally from the receiving band relative to the longitudinal axis to the second end.