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Dynamic mp joint extension splint

  • US 4,949,711 A
  • Filed: 03/08/1989
  • Issued: 08/21/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An improved low-profile dynamic splint for a hand, comprising:

  • a splint base of moldable material for embracing a wrist and forearm, said splint base including an attachment area near a patient'"'"'s wrist for adjustable attachment of a rigging to said splint base;

    an outrigger means fixed to said splint base for guiding a rigging connected to a finger loop means attached to one end of said rigging for engaging a finger;

    said rigging comprising;

    a line guided by said outrigger means and attached at one end to said finger loop means;

    coil spring means for applying a range of tension forces to said rigging, one end of said coil spring means attached to the other end of said line; and

    loop-and-hook means for releasably fastening a second end of said spring means to various points of said attachment area of said splint base near a patient'"'"'s wrist to adjust the tension force provided by said coil spring means, wherein said releasable fastening means includes a detachable fastener element which is attached to said rigging and also includes a fastener pad which is fixed to said splint base for engaging said detachable fastener element, wherein said detachable fastener element includes a strip of fastening material which is releasably positionable at various points on said fastener pad to stretch said coil spring means to various lengths to provide corresponding tension forces to said rigging.

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