Adjustable splint and securing means therefor

• US 4,657,000 A
• Filed: 08/08/1984
• Issued: 04/14/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1981
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: First National Bank of Omaha
• Original Assignee: Dynasplint Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Hepburn, George R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Husar, Stephen F.
• Application Number:
  US06/638,766
• Time in Patent Office: 979 Days
• Field of Search: 128/DIG. 15, 128/87 R, 128/88, 24/446, 24/442, 24/445, 2/124, 2/256
• US Class Current: 602/16
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2005/0167 adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2005/0179 with spring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/0102 specially adapted for correcting deformities of the limbs or for supporting them; Ortheses, e.g. with articulations

Abstract

An adjustable spring-loaded splint comprising a pair of lower struts and a pair of upper struts, each member of the pair of lower struts being pivotably connected to a member of the pair of upper struts, said members of each pair being spaced apart a distance to accommodate limb parts distal and proximal to the limb joint, at least one of said struts having at one end a pivotably mounted head portion defining a cam surface, an adjustable spring means mounted within the strut pivotably connected to said cam surface-containing strut and biased into engagement with said cam surface, for applying a quantifiable force tending to align or approximate the cam surface-containing strut with the adjustable spring means and means provided said pair of upper struts and said pair of lower struts for securely holding therebetween said distal and proximal parts of a limb. A securing means comprising an elongate cuff member having on the outside thereof at least one velcro loop section spaced apart from at least one velcro hook section, said loop and hook sections each being followed by a zone therebetween containing both velcro hook and velcro loop sections, said zone between the spaed apart velcro hook and loop sections being comprised of an intermediate area constituted of a velcro loop section or hook section identical to the preceding section, flanked on each side by areas having a velcro loop section or a velcro hook section identical to the section of velcro hooks or loops that follows.

Claims

1. An adjustable spring-loaded splint comprising a pair of lower struts and a pair of upper struts, each member of the pair of lower struts being pivotably connected to a member of the pair of upper struts, said members of each pair being spaced apart a distance to accomodate limb parts distal and proximal to the limb joint, at least one of said struts having at one end a pivotably mounted head portion defining a cam surface, an adjustable spring means mounted within the strut pivotably connected to said cam surface-containing strut and biased into engagement with said cam surface, for applying a quantifiable force tending to align or approximate the cam surface-containing strut with the adjustable spring means and means provided said pair of upper struts and said pair of lower struts for securing holding therebetween said distal and proximal parts of a limb, said securing means comprising an elongate cuff member having on the outside thereof at least one velcro loop section spaced apart from at least one velcro hook section, said loop and hook sections each being followed by a zone therebetween containing both velcro hook and velcro loop sections, said zone between the spaced apart velcro hook and loop sections being comprised of an intermediate area constituted of a velcro loop section or hook section identical to the preceding section, flanked on each side by areas having a velcro loop section or a velcro hook section identical to the section of velcro hooks or loops that follows.

2. Securing means according to claim 1 wherein the cuff end section is provided on the outside thereof with stay-receiving means for receipt of a stay that extends substantially the width of the cuff and wherein the inside of the cuff is provided with a plurality of spaced apart stay-receiving means positioned along the length of the cuff for receipt of stays that extend substantially the width of the cuff.