Immobilizing bandage and method of application

Claim 1

A METHOD OF IMMOBILIZING A BODY PART COMPRISING IMPREGNATING A FIBROUS CARRIER WITH A TEMPORARILY MOLDABLE SUSPENSION INCLUDING A MONOMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE, POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATES AND SUCROSE DIMETHACRYLATE HEXASTEARATE, AN ACCELERATOR, A CATALYST RAPIDLY DECOMPOSED BY SAID ACCELERATOR FREEING RADICALS INITIATING POLYMERIZATION OF SAID MONOMER, A VISCOUS-LIQUID EXTENDER RAPIDLY THINNED BY SAID MONOMER CHOSEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRACETATE, SUCROSE ACETATE ISOBUTYRATE AND SUCROSE OCTA ACETATE FORMING A LIQUID SOLUTION THEREWITH AND A SOLID BLEND WITH THE POLYMER THEREOF, AND A FINELY DIVIDED FILLER WETTABLE BY SAID MONOMER-EXTENDER SOLUTION, SAID MONOMER, EXTENDER AND FILLER HAVING PROPORTIONS BY WEIGHT OF ABOUT 15 TO 30% MONOMER, 20 TO 35% EXTENDER AND 40 TO 60% FILLER, APPLYING SAID IMPREGNATED FIBROUS CARRIER TO THE BODY PART WHEREBY SAID MONOMER POLYMERIZES WITHIN 2 TO 15 MINUTES WITH THE LIBERATION OF HEAT INSUFFICIENT TO RAISE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BANDAGE IN EXCESS OF 118*F.