Finger splint

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1978-10-05

1981-01-06

Michell, Robert W.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128 87A, A61F 510

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042430267

ABSTRACT:
An adjustable finger splint made entirely of a single piece of spring steel wire which is bent into a configuration which includes a central arcuate section adapted to cup a portion of the circumferential curve of one of the dorsal and ventral surfaces of a finger or thumb. A pair of substantially arcuate arms extend in opposite directions from the ends of the central section in a lengthwise manner generally following the anatomical conformation of a finger which is to be splinted. A pair of arcuate support pieces in a somewhat rectangular shape are formed from the terminal ends of the arms. These support pieces are designed to cup the part of the finger into which they are in contact. The splint is worn with the terminal arm support pieces either under the finger for extension of the finger, or the terminal arm support pieces can be worn on the top of the finger for flexion of the finger. Heat sealed foam pads cover the central arcuate section and the terminal arm support pieces for comfort. Exposed parts of the spring steel are encased in a teflon sleeve. The spring steel wire of which the finger splint is constructed permits individualized fit through bending, as well as motion of the finger to be splinted. All of the fingers of the hand, including the thumb, can be splinted using the finger splint of the invention.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3170460 (1965-02-01), Stilson
patent: 3595225 (1971-07-01), Beeman
Glanville, H.J., New Inventions, pp. 252-253 of The Lancet Feb. 3, 1962.
Orthopaedic Appliances Atlas, vol. 1, pub. by J. W. Edwards, Ann Arbor Mich., 1952, pp. 303-305, 312, 314, 315.

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