Device for and method of dynamic splinting
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1. A dynamic splinting device, comprising:
- a first device part for attachment to one part of a limb of a patient;
a second device part for attachment to a second part of the limb of the patient, said second part of the limb of the patient being a different part than the part of the limb of the patient to which said first device part is attached to, the second limb part of the patient being jointed to the first limb part of the patient; and
,a spring mechanism serving as a means for providing a force for the dynamic splinting and movement of a digit of the patient, said spring mechanism being the sole means for interconnecting said first device part and said second device part, said spring mechanism comprising;
a rotatable spool;
a line which is windable on to and off of the spool and has a portion leading away from the spool which is attached to said second device part;
a support carrying said spool and attached to said first device part; and
at least one spring acting with torsion on the spool to urge said spool in the rotational sense in which the line is wound up thereon.
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Abstract
A system of dynamic hand splinting employing a splinting device which comprises a line attached between a finger to be treated and a rotatable spool acted upon by a watch spring which via the spool and line transmits to the finger a force appropriate for assisting straightening or bending movements of the finger.
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1. A dynamic splinting device, comprising:
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a first device part for attachment to one part of a limb of a patient; a second device part for attachment to a second part of the limb of the patient, said second part of the limb of the patient being a different part than the part of the limb of the patient to which said first device part is attached to, the second limb part of the patient being jointed to the first limb part of the patient; and
,a spring mechanism serving as a means for providing a force for the dynamic splinting and movement of a digit of the patient, said spring mechanism being the sole means for interconnecting said first device part and said second device part, said spring mechanism comprising; a rotatable spool; a line which is windable on to and off of the spool and has a portion leading away from the spool which is attached to said second device part; a support carrying said spool and attached to said first device part; and at least one spring acting with torsion on the spool to urge said spool in the rotational sense in which the line is wound up thereon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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