Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1993-04-08
1994-06-28
Bratlie, Steven A.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 22, 602 30, A61F 504, A61F 510
Patent
active
053242513
ABSTRACT:
A splint for flexing or straightening a joint of a hand or foot. The splint includes a support plate including a planar portion to be mounted on the hand or foot in a stationary position relative to one of the distal bone and proximal bone of the joint. A rod is mounted above the support plate and serves as a pivot axis for one or more elongated bent bars. A finely threaded, adjustable screw is mounted at one end of each bar and has a tip which bears against the support plate. A support pad is adjustably mounted at the other end of each bar and engages the hand or foot along the other of the proximal bone and distal bone of the joint. The pivotal angle of the bar relative to the support plate is vernierly adjusted by turning the adjustment screw. As a result of adjustment of this pivotal angle, the joint can be gradually flexed or straightened. The splint is particularly well-suited for flexing a metacarpophalangeal (MP) joint of hand.
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