Bone fracture prevention method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5545128
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08461414

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A garment, in one embodiment of the invention, reduces the risk of bone fracture of a human or animal subject due to impact forces on a vulnerable region having a bone part near the skin surface when the vulnerable region is proximate to a soft tissue region lacking a bone part near the skin surface. The garment has an arrangement for shunting a substantial portion of the impact energy from the vulnerable region to the soft tissue region, where such energy may be safely absorbed and/or dissipated. In a further embodiment, there is utilized a dilatent material that is relatively stiff near the time of impact and relatively fluid at other times. Related methods are also provided.

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BETH ISRAEL HOSPITALMASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hayes, Wilson C Lincoln, MA 8 563
McMahon, Thomas A Wellesley, MA 8 470
Robinovitch, Stephen N Cambridge, MA 3 109

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