Appeal No. 96-3886
Application 08/275,091
Rose pertains to a vacuum formed immobilizer device
comprising an interior wall 30 and an exterior wall 31
defining a vacuum tight inner space therebetween. The inner
space is filled with "micro-balloon" polymer beads which flow
over each other to facilitate easy manipulation of the casting
device when the inner space is subject to atmospheric pressure
but which stabilize and rigidify when the inner space is
evacuated (col. 2, line 49 - col. 3, line 5). Rose discloses
various embodiments for the immobilizer, including the leg
cast of Fig. 12. The leg cast embodiment includes an outer
boot 127, which may be composed of a thick sheet of flexible
rubber vinyl material, bonded to the outer wall 124 of the
evacuable envelope (col. 9, lines 45-50).
Rose describes the application of the Figure 12 immobilizer
device to a patient’s leg as follows:
43½, filed May 19, 1997) to enter this reply brief, which
petition has to date apparently not been considered by the
Group Director. In view of our reversal of the examiner’s §
103 rejection of the appealed claims, this procedural
oversight is moot.
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