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US 5,947,915 AGranted
Splint system for one digit of the hand
OwnerCalvin Thibodo, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A splint system includes a splint body for one or more digits of a hand with the splint member for any particular finger having an extension member with a depending tongue that is received in a receiving channel formed in the end of the splint body portion of the splint for a particular finger. The fingers may be splinted along a straight line or with one or more phalanges bent at an angle to the general normal axis of a finger.
Claims9
A splint system for one digit of the hand comprising:
- a. a splint member comprising a splint body having an upper end and a base portion wider that said splint body and a depending tongue member receiving channel in said upper end of said splint body aligned with a longitudinal axis of said splint body, said depending tongue member receiving channel extending downwardly from said upper end of said splint body within a range of from one-third to one-half of the length of said splint body;
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- b. an extension tip member having a depending tongue member slidably received in said slot of said splint body with sufficient frictional engagement between said depending tongue member receiving channel and said depending tongue member of said extension tip to maintain said extension tip in a desired position relative to said splint body such that when placed on the hand of a user, the splint member is adapted to extend only from the metacarpals to the proximal phalange which it covers.
A splint system for one digit of the hand, comprising:
- a. a splint member comprising a splint body having an upper end and a bulbous base adapted to fit within the palm of a hand, and a slot in said upper end of said splint body aligned with a longitudinal axis of said splint body;
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- b. an extension tip member having a tongue slidably received in said slot of said splint body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.