Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Restrainers and immobilizers
Patent
1995-01-17
1996-05-07
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Restrainers and immobilizers
602 20, 602 21, A61F 537, A61F 500
Patent
active
055136575
ABSTRACT:
A flexible, elastic wrist brace for use by person's requiring wrist support for engaging in rigorous activity. The brace offers generalized support to the wrist as well as lateral support to limit up and down flexure of the wrist, side to side flexure and longitudinal rotation. The brace includes a base comprised of a flat sheet member of elastic material that is formable into a sleeve. A palmar support member is fixed to the base on the palmar side thereof and includes a pocket containing a resilient stay member. Lateral support assemblies include support members located on the ulnar and radial sides of the base when it is worn on a hand and wrist. The support members are Y-shaped having a trunk and branches that diverge from the trunk. On the radial side, the branches diverge to straddle the thumb joint. On the ulnar side, the branches diverge to straddle the region of the hand interior to the joint of the little finger. Stay members are located in the lateral support members and conform to the Y-shape thereof. First and second support straps extend in opposite directions from the palmar side of the base to locations on opposite sides of the base for added support to the brace.
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