Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Restrainers and immobilizers
Patent
1988-10-07
1990-02-13
Johnson, Richard J.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Restrainers and immobilizers
128 77, 128 87R, 128879, 128DIG20, A61F 1300
Patent
active
048997633
ABSTRACT:
A therapeutic appliance designed to provide support to the wrist and limit motion of the wrist to prevent repetitive movements of large amplitude felt to be a causative mechanism in injury to the median nerve within the carpal tunnel and other structures of thie region. The appliance includes a series of interconnected air chambers aligned in parallel on the dorsal, lateral and medial surface of the device, a valve mechanism through which air is pumped into chambers by means of a hand-held bulb, a semi-rigid non-metallic member on the dorsal surface of the device, and elastic strap closures on the volar surface of the device and an elastic strap wrapping around the thumb.
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Sebastian Peter R.
Sebastian Thomas V.
Johnson Richard J.
Safeguard Industrial Corporation
Sam Charles H.
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