Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-17
2008-12-02
Brown, Michael A. (Department: 3772)
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
C602S022000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07458946
ABSTRACT:
A digit pad, and a method, for treating trigger finger and trigger thumb includes a digit band which is slid over the affected digit to a position between the PIP and the MCP joints and a palm pad which extends from the proximal end of the digit band toward the wrist, the palm pad being dimensioned and positioned to overlie a portion of the palm to at least cover the A1pulley, the proximal end of the palm pad extending beyond the A1pulley, but not beyond the proximal palmer crease, the palm pad being at least as wide as the A1pulley and being formed of a material which is soft, flexible, resilient and has a sufficient density to protect the palm area which it overlies. A patient wears the digit pad on the affected digit substantially continuously during waking hours until the condition resolves.
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Orthopedics, Issue 1, 2004, p. cv27.
Brown Michael A.
Friedman Stuart J.
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