US 12,350,180 B2
Shoulder immobilizer and arm apparatus
Matthew Barrientos, Foothill Ranch, CA (US); Mark Harman Powell, Foothill Ranch, CA (US); Asdis Bjornsson, Foothill Ranch, CA (US); Jane Price, Foothill Ranch, CA (US); and Eugenio Luna, Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Assigned to OSSUR ICELAND EHF, Reykjavik (IS)
Appl. No. 17/768,991
Filed by OSSUR ICELAND EHF, Reykjavik (IS)
PCT Filed Oct. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/056810
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/081173, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/925,057, filed on Oct. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0099870 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 5/37 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0118 (2013.01) [A61F 5/373 (2013.01); A61F 5/3738 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shoulder immobilizer adapted to immobilize a shoulder of a user and to connect to an arm apparatus, comprising:
a first portion defining a loop adapted to extend about a contralateral shoulder;
a second portion including a first belt adapted to extend along an anterior side of the user from a first end of the first portion, and a second belt adapted to extend along a posterior side of the user from a second end of the first portion, the first and second belts arranged for connecting to one another, the first and second belts arranged to couple to one another on an anterior side of the user;
wherein the second portion is arranged to secure to the arm apparatus;
wherein the first portion comprises first and second segments forming said loop;
wherein the first and second segments join at an inferior junction adapted to be positioned at a location proximate a contralateral elbow;
wherein the first portion and the first belt forms a first “figure-9” strap configuration arranged to extend in the loop about the contralateral shoulder from the inferior junction superiorly over an anterior portion of the contralateral shoulder and about a posterior portion of the contralateral shoulder inferiorly directed to the first belt directed about an anterior side of the user.