Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1997-05-08
1998-12-15
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 5, 602 21, A61F 500
Patent
active
058489835
ABSTRACT:
An adjustable finger support for the flexion or extension of stiffened interphalangeal joints of a finger of the human hand including an elongated, hinged support base adapted with means for securely, yet comfortably holding the phalanges of the finger in place throughout the course of treatment. The elongated base is divided at hinges into respective support sections for the proximal, middle and distal phalanges of the finger, depending upon which of the DIP and PIP joints of the finger are to be treated. Jacking mean, such as a screw jack in the form of an elongated set screw operates in conjunction with hinged attachments to the respective proximal, middle and distal phalangeal support sections to 1) maintain the set position of the angle of the respective base portions and 2) to provide firm, controllable articulation of the joint over a wide range by selective operation of the jacking means.
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Basaj Barbara L.
Krippendorf Carl E.
Apley Richard J.
Pothier Denise
Smith & Nephew Inc.
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