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US 2017/0246023 A1Published application
Multi-function brace
OwnerMatti Palo, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A brace may include a body portion and a finger portion. The body portion may include a first flexible sheet configured to receive at least portions of a user's wrist and hand and may restrict movement of the wrist. The finger portion may include a second flexible sheet and a rigid stabilizing member. The finger portion may be configured to receive at least one of the user's fingers and may restrict movement of the at least one finger relative to the wrist and hand. Further, the body portion be configured to releasably receive the finger portion.
Claims20
A brace comprising:
- a body portion including a first flexible sheet configured to receive at least portions of a user's wrist and hand, to restrict movement of the wrist, and to allow movement of all of the user's knuckles on all of the user's fingers relative to the wrist;
- a finger portion including:
- a rigid stabilizing member;
- and
- a second flexible sheet configured to receive at least one of the user's fingers and maintain the at least one finger at a predetermined position relative to the wrist and hand;
- wherein the body portion is configured to releasably receive the finger portion and to locate the rigid stabilizing member along a dorsal side of a user's wrist and hand.
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A brace comprising:
- a body portion including:
- a first flexible sheet configured to receive at least portions of a user's wrist and hand, to restrict movement of the wrist, and to allow movement of all of the user's knuckles on all of the user's fingers relative to the wrist;
- and
- at least one strap configured to be wrapped at least partially around the user's wrist or hand to secure the body portion thereon;
- a finger portion including:
- a rigid stabilizing member;
- and
- a second flexible sheet configured to wrap around a user's digitus tertius and digitus annularis and to maintain the user's digitus tertius and digitus annularis at a predetermined neutral position relative to the wrist and hand;
- wherein the body portion is configured to releasably receive the finger portion and to locate the rigid stabilizing member along a dorsal side of a user's wrist and hand.
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A therapy kit comprising:
- a body portion of a brace configured to receive at least portions of a user's wrist and hand, to restrict movement of the wrist, and to allow movement of all of the user's knuckles on all of the user's fingers relative to the wrist;
- and
- a finger portion of a brace including a rigid stabilizing member, the finger portion configured to receive at least one of the user's fingers and maintain the at least one finger at a predetermined position relative to the wrist and hand;
- wherein the body portion is configured to releasably receive the finger portion and to locate the rigid stabilizing member along a dorsal side of a user's wrist and hand;
- and
- wherein the body portion is configured to be worn by the user independently of the finger portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.