Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1992-07-14
1995-01-17
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
403345, 411162, A61F 300
Patent
active
053822250
ABSTRACT:
A plurality of night splints for treatment of different infant foot deformities. The splints comprise a pair of top plates (36a and 37a) with base plates 32 or 33, or foot plates (30 or 30a) having an articulated clutch (67) and clutch socket (68), with a dynamic dorsiflexory splint which is able to correct in multiple planes of adjustment simultaneously. In compound deformity problems the universal night splint allows the following simultaneous functions:
1. abduction/adduction of the foot to the leg,
2. abduction/adduction of the forefoot to the rearfoot,
3. varus/valgus relationship of the rearfoot to the leg,
4. varus/valgus relationship of the forefoot to the rearfoot,
5. dorsiflexion/plantarflexion of the foot and leg, and
6. abduction/adduction of foot and leg to cardinal sagittal plane. The multiple correction capabilities of the splint are made possible by mounting adjustable top plates (36a and 37a) onto adjustable base plates (32), which are in turn mounted either to a spreader bar (23a), or to a back leg assembly (44a), or to both. This physical configuration makes it possible to articulate the feet in multiple planes with a very simple, easy-to-use and adjust splint.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2525237 (1950-10-01), Park
patent: 4088129 (1978-05-01), DiGiulio
Apley Richard J.
Meindl Beverly A.
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