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US 11,883,316 B2Granted
Wrist brace with enhanced lacing
AssigneeMedical Specialties, Inc.
InventorEric Lee Gaylord
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Abstract
The present wrist brace includes an advantageous lacing configuration that provides a cast-like compression on a patient's forearm, wrist, and hand. Pulling the lacing mechanism equilibrates lace tension along the length of the wrist brace in a way that applies consistent compression to the patient's forearm and wrist.
Claims24
A wrist brace, comprising:
- a U-shaped support sleeve having a dorsal section, a radius section, and a palmar section, wherein the radius section is contiguously positioned between the dorsal section and the palmar section;
- an ulnar panel connecting the U-shaped support sleeve's dorsal section and the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section, the ulnar panel being affixed to the U-shaped support sleeve such that together the U-shaped support sleeve and the ulnar panel form a closed wrist-brace sleeve;
- dorsal lace-redirection mechanisms positioned at or near the U-shaped support sleeve's dorsal section;
- palmar lace-redirection mechanisms positioned at or near the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section;
- a lacing closure tab having one or more closure-tab lace-redirection mechanisms;
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- a lace having (i) a first end fixed to the U-shaped support sleeve nearer a proximal end of the U-shaped support sleeve and (ii) a second end fixed to the U-shaped support sleeve nearer a distal end of the U-shaped support sleeve, wherein the lace has (i) its first end fixedly connected to the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section near a proximal end of the palmar section and (ii) its second end fixedly connected to the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section near a distal end of the palmar section, and wherein the lace is freely threaded through the respective dorsal lace-redirection mechanisms, palmar lace-redirection mechanisms, and closure-tab lace-redirection mechanisms.
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A wrist brace, comprising:
- a U-shaped support sleeve having a dorsal section, a radius section, and a palmar section, wherein the radius section is contiguously positioned between the dorsal section and the palmar section;
- an ulnar panel connecting the U-shaped support sleeve's dorsal section and the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section, the ulnar panel being affixed to the U-shaped support sleeve such that together the U-shaped support sleeve and the ulnar panel form a closed wrist-brace sleeve;
- dorsal lace-redirection mechanisms positioned at or near the U-shaped support sleeve's dorsal section;
- palmar lace-redirection mechanisms positioned at or near the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section;
- a lacing closure tab having one or more closure-tab lace-redirection mechanisms;
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- a lace having (i) a first end fixedly connected to the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section and (ii) a second end fixedly connected to the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section, and
- wherein, in a direction along a length of the palmar section, the palmar lace-redirection mechanisms are positioned between the lace's first end and the lace's second end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.