Printed Fiberglass Bandages as Orthopaedic Fiberglass Casting Tapes (6)
Polymeric orthopaedic fiberglass casting tapes materials have gained widespread commercial acceptance during the past decade also in the following aspects performance, The bandage is then coated with a polyurethane prepolymer which is comprised of polyols, isocyanate, catalyst and other additives. Such prepolymers are described in the Yoon patent '680 mentioned above. A fiberglass substrate was formed from 100 percent fiberglass yarns knitted in a known fashion to form a substrate having a width of 7.62 cm (three inches). The substrate was printed with a plastisol-based ink using a silk screening print method. The ink colors were green, pink, blue and black.
