Thumb orthosis
AssigneeBauerfeind AG
InventorsAndré Beck, Hans B. Bauerfeind
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Abstract
A thumb orthosis, particular for correcting malpositions of the thumb in the carpometacarpal joint, includes a) a substantially dimensionally stable molded body bent in a U-shape, which is fitted on the hand between the thumb and index finger in the applied state and supports the thumb and fixes it at a distance from the index finger, wherein the molded body bent in a U-shape has a first end portion and a second end portion, and b) a strap which is fastened by one strap end to the first end portion of the molded body, wherein the second end portion of the molded body has a guiding element for guiding the strap, for example has a turning element for turning the strap back.
Claims15
A thumb orthosis comprising:
- a) a substantially dimensionally stable molded body bent in a U-shape, which in the applied state is fitable on a hand between a thumb of the hand and an index finger of the hand and supports the thumb and is operative to fix the thumb at a distance from the index finger, wherein the molded body bent in a U-shape has a first end portion and a second end portion;
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- b) a strap fastened by one strap end to the first end portion of the molded body, the second end portion of the molded body comprising a guiding element for guiding the strap, the strap, as viewed from the first end portion in the applied state, guidable once around the wrist such that it overlaps itself at an overlap point, wherein two mutually overlapping strap portions are not rigidly connected to one another at the overlap point, and the strap is guided on the guiding element of the second end portion, and the end of the strap is reversibly fastenable to the strap.
A thumb orthosis comprising:
- a substantially dimensionally stable moulded body bent in a U-shape, which in the applied state is fitable on a hand between a thumb of the hand and an index finger of the hand and supports the thumb and is operative to fix the thumb at a distance from an index finger;
- wherein the moulded body bent in a U-shape has a first end portion and a second end portion, and a strap fastened by one strap end to the first end portion of the moulded body;
- the second end portion of the moulded body comprising a guiding element for guiding the strap;
- the strap, as viewed from the first end portion in the applied state, being guideable once around the wrist such that it intersects with itself at an intersection point to form two non-parallel portions of the strap;
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- wherein the strap is guided on the guiding element of the second end portion, and the end of the strap is reversibly fastenable to the strap, and wherein the guiding element is formed as a perforated strap and fixing element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.