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US 2002/0120221 A1Published application
Traction splint
AssigneeScience & Technology Corporation @ UNM
InventorSamuel Slishman
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Abstract
The present invention provides a splint that may be telescopically extendable, coarsely and finely adjustable, and providing a mechanical advantage while being readily transportable. The splint may have two to three telescoping members that nest inside one another when not in use, and may be triangular, rectangular, or circular in cross section. The present invention also provides a single member adjustable splint.
Claims25
A splint comprising:
- an outer member having a distal end and a proximal end;
- a middle member slidable in a longitudinal direction within said outer member, said middle member having a distal end and a proximal end;
- an inner member slidable in a longitudinal direction within said middle member, said inner member having a distal end and a proximal end;
- a coarse adjustment means for adjusting a distance between said distal end of said middle member and a proximal end of said outer member by a plurality of course increments;
- a fine adjustment means for adjusting a distance between said distal end of said inner member and a proximal end of said middle member by a plurality of fine increments.
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A splint comprising:
- an outer member having a distal end and a proximal end;
- an inner member slidable in a longitudinal direction within said outer member, said inner member having a distal end and a proximal end;
- an adjustment means for adjusting a distance between said distal end of said inner member and a proximal end of said outer member by a plurality of fine increments.
A splint, comprising:
- an elongated member having a distal end and a proximal end;
- a cord means extending through a hollow portion of said elongated member, said cord means including:
- a distal securing means for securing said elongated member to a limb of an individual, said distal securing means mounted at one end to said distal end of said elongated member and a loop portion extending from said distal end of said elongated member;
- a free end for grasping by a user and for allowing a user to pull on said cord means to cause said loop portion of said distal securing means to pull the limb of the individual towards said elongated member;
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- a connecting portion connecting said loop portion of said distal securing means to said free end;
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- a proximal securing means for securing said elongated member to the limb of the individual, said proximal securing means being mounted on said elongated member at a position proximal to said distal end of said elongated member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.