Resin-Coated Extensible Heat-Set Orthopedic Fiberglass Casting Tapes (2)
An important usage of knitted fiberglass fabrics is in the manufacture of orthopedic fiberglass casting tapes where those fabrics are coated or impregnated with a curable resin and packaged as rolls of tape, which are subsequently used by a physician or medical clinician to construct orthopedic casts. European patent application 84 382 discloses a device wherein the fabric impregnated with one component of the resin is provided on a pressure rupturable core which contains the second component of the resin. The fabric and core are sealed in a flexible package which serves as a mixing chamber. After the core is ruptured and the resin components mixed, the package is opened and the resin-impregnated fabric unrolled and placed around the broken limb.
