RE: Foam for immobilizing foot/hand

["Neil, David M" <neildm@id.doe.gov>]

At least one reason you avoid skin contact is that it sticks worse than
cyanoacrylate (Krazy Glue tm). That will dissolve in acetone, but the
urethane polymer wouldn't dissolve in anything I was willing to put on my
skin.  Personal experience - the flotation voids in my canoe collected
bilgewater 'til I filled them.

Dave Neil
neildm@id.doe.gov

On Saturday, May 15, 1999 3:47 PM, Bruce Bugg [SMTP:BRUCEB@psc.state.ga.us]
wrote:
> Expanding foams are used in the packaging area all the time (similar, if
> not identical to the "crazy foam" prdoducts you get at Home Depot, etc).
> Be careful about the product you choose, most of the one's I've seen say
> to avoid skin contact, so you'd have to wrap the area in plastic or
> something to prevent that. You would also need to check for any
> off-gassing fumes, I guess...
> 
> Bruce Bugg
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Wes Van Pelt [SMTP:VanPeltW@idt.net]
> > Sent:	Saturday, May 15, 1999 16:11
> > To:	Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject:	Foam for immobilizing foot/hand
> > 
> > Hi Radsafers,
> > 
> > I wonder if any of you medical types know of a foam product which
> > would make a
> > "mold" of a hand or foot such that it could be repositioned exactly
> > for a nuclear
> > medicine scan at a later date.
> > 
> > What I have in mind is a kind of "shaving cream" foam which would
> > harden and form
> > a half-cast of the body part.  Then the foot or hand could be later
> > placed in the
> > half-cast and be in exactly the same position under the gamma camera.
> > 
> > I am not sure if such a product or system exists, but I would
> > appreciate names of
> > any suppliers or vendors.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Wes
> > --
> > Wesley R. Van Pelt, Ph.D., CIH, CHP                KF2LG
> > President, Van Pelt Associates, Inc.
> > Consulting in radiological health and safety.
> > mailto:VanPeltW@IDT.net
> > http://shell.idt.net/~vanpeltw/index.html
> > 
> > 
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