JOSEPH J RUANE, DO
Osteopathic Medicine at Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH

2003013, Jul 24, 2003

Jan 24, 2002

10/056692

Joseph Ruane - Columbus OH, US

A41D027/26, A41D013/00

002/465000

A reconfigurable orthopedic sleep aid that is adapted to be worn by a patient about the hips and legs, a knee, a portion of the back, a shoulder, and or another symptomatic anatomical location for injury prevention, trauma amelioration, and optimized comfort, and when applicable for reduced periods of post-trauma convalescence. The sleep aid incorporates a stretchable, stretchably conformable, or loose fitting garment, such as a girdle or trouser that is adapted to be worn during sleep. The garment includes one or more attachments and bears a coordinate indicia pattern, and orientation indicia that can correspond to an anatomical location of the patient such as a greater trocanter, a posterior superior iliac crest, a coccyx, an anterior ventral navel-aligned position, a medial or lateral patella border, a lateral or medial compartment of a respective inferior or superior knee joint, and a hamstring tendon, and combinations thereof. The sleep aid also includes a substantially compressible annular pad or pads formed with a generally toroidal or wedge-shaped cross section. The pads are configured to connect to the attachment near to the anatomical location to distribute the contact stress away from the symptomatic location and to surrounding tissues. The pad(s) also incorporate reference indicia adapted to cooperate with the coordinate indicia pattern to establish placement positions on the garment. The attachment may incorporate a hook and loop type fastener assembly and the pad(s) may be formed with generally tapered edges about inner and outer peripheries that circumscribe the annular portion of the pad(s).

2004021, Nov 4, 2004

May 27, 2004

10/855229

Joseph Ruane - Columbus OH, US

A41D001/00, A41B001/00

002/069000

Reconfigurable orthopedic sleep aids adapted to be worn by a patient about the hips and legs, knees, a portion of the back, a shoulder, and or another symptomatic anatomical location for injury prevention, trauma amelioration, and optimized comfort, and when applicable for reduced periods of post-trauma convalescence. The sleep aids incorporate a stretchable, stretchably conformable, or loose fitting garment, such as a girdle or trouser that is adapted to be worn during sleep. The garment includes one or more attachments and bears a coordinate indicia pattern, and orientation indicia that can correspond to an anatomical location of the patient. The sleep aid also includes a substantially compressible annular pad or pads formed with a generally toroidal or wedge-shaped cross section. The pads are configured with indicia and to distribute the contact stress away from the symptomatic location and to surrounding tissues.