Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1993-03-24
1994-10-25
Crow, Stephen R.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 20, 602 16, 602 5, A61F 504, A61F 510
Patent
active
053584716
ABSTRACT:
A wrist brace for therapeutic support of a wrist of a patient comprising a forearm support member and a hand engageable member. The forearm support member has a base portion engageable with a forearm of the patient and first and second side portions extending from the base portion and adapted for traversing opposite sides of the wrist of the patient when the forearm is engaged by the forearm support member. The hand engageable member has a hand grip for supporting the palm or fingers of the patient and a hand grip support for spacing the hand grip from the forearm support member. The hand grip support comprises first and second side portions. The first side portion has a first grip securing region connected to a first end of the hand grip and a first wrist region. The second side portion has a second grip securing region connected to a second end of the hand grip and a second wrist region. At least one connector pivotally connects the first and second wrist regions to the first and second side portions of the forearm support member, respectively, for pivotal movement of the hand engageable member relative to the forearm support member from a wrist dorsiflexion position to a wrist palmarflexion position about a pivot axis generally coaxial with a wrist axis passing through the radioulnar joint of the wrist of the patient when the patient is wearing the wrist brace. The hand engageable member is lockable to the forearm support member by a locking mechanism in any one of a plurality of predetermined positions between the dorsiflexion position and the palmarflexion position.
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Color photocopies of photographs showing rigid hand brace made by Southern Illinois Prosthetic, was in public use prior to Mar. 24, 1992.
Crow Stephen R.
Meindl Beverly A.
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