Cold therapy dynamic hand splint system

A cold therapy dynamic hand splint system, comprising:

• an electric pump;
• a sleeve comprising a fluid-tight cavity filled with a cold fluid pressurized by the pump, the sleeve also having a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge, the first and second edges releasably coupled to each other, the first and second edges sized to extend along a majority of a forearm of a user when the sleeve is wrapped around the forearm;
• an inflatable bladder having an expanded state wherein the bladder is charged with the cold fluid pressurized by the pump and a collapsed state wherein the bladder is substantially empty, the inflatable bladder sized such that it is small enough that at least a portion of the bladder fits inside a palm of a contracted spastic hand of the user while the bladder is in the collapsed state and large enough that the portion is larger then the palm of the contracted spastic hand when the bladder is in the expanded state;
• a refrigeration device;
• and
• a fluid reservoir coupled to the refrigeration device and comprising the cold fluid, wherein the fluid is in thermal contact with the refrigeration device and maintained within a therapeutic temperature range, the fluid furthermore in fluidic communication with the fluid-tight cavity of the sleeve and the inflatable bladder through the electric pump and at least one hose.

A cold therapy dynamic hand splint system, comprising:

• an electric pump;
• a sleeve comprising a cold source, the sleeve sized to extend along a majority of a forearm of a user when the forearm is worn and the cold source is in thermal contact with the forearm;
• an inflatable bladder having an expanded state wherein the bladder is charged with a cold fluid pressurized by the pump and a collapsed state wherein the bladder is substantially empty, the inflatable bladder sized such that it is small enough that at least a portion of the bladder fits inside a palm of a contracted spastic hand of the user while the bladder is in the collapsed state and large enough that the portion is larger then the palm of the contracted spastic hand when the bladder is in the expanded state;
• and
• a fluid reservoir comprising the cold fluid, wherein the fluid is within a therapeutic temperature range and in thermal contact with the contracted spastic hand through the inflatable bladder while the bladder is in the expanded state, the fluid furthermore in fluidic communication with the inflatable bladder through the electric pump and at least one hose.