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US 6,200,286 B1Granted
Preformed member having raised contact feature and wrist brace using same
OwnerM. Hashem Zamaniinventor
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Abstract
A wrist brace includes a sleeve and a preformed member where the preformed member includes one or more raised contact portions extending longitudinally along the preformed member. When secured to a user's hand, wrist, and distal forearm, the raised contact portions abut portions of the hand, wrist, and distal forearm and prevents pressure from being applied to the median nerve against the carpal tunnel of the user.
Claims31
A preformed member for use with a wrist brace, comprising:
- a substantially rigid member anatomically curved to, when worn with the wristrace by a user, support the user's hand, wrist, and distal forearm in a position so as to reduce pressure exerted on the user's median nerve within the user's carpal tunnel;
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- raised contact portions extending longitudinally along an interior side of said rigid member, said raised contact portions being laterally displaced on opposing sides of the carpal tunnel when said performed member is being worn with the wrist brace by the user.
A wrist brace comprising:
- a sleeve contoured to conform to a user's palm, wrist, and distal forearm when said wrist brace is being worm;
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- a substantially rigid preformed member having an interior side and an exterior side, said preformed member being removably securable to said sleeve so as to extend longitudinally from the user's distal forearm to the user's palm when said wrist brace is being worn, said preformed member including a pair of raised contact portions extending longitudinally along the interior side of said preformed member, said pair of raised contact portions being longitudinally spaced apart from each other so as to be contralateral to the user's carpal tunnel when said wrist brace is being worn by the user.
A wrist brace comprising:
- a preformed member including an interior side, a proximal end of which is configured to overlie a portion of a user's distal forearm, and a distal end which is configured to overlie a portion of the user's hand, said preformed member further including a pair of raised contact portions extending longitudinally along the interior side of said preformed member, said pair of raised contact portions being longitudinally spaced apart from each other and lying contralateral to the user's carpal tunnel when said wrist brace is being worn by the user;
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- means for securing the interior surface of said preformed member against a ventral side of the user's hand, wrist, and distal forearm.
A wrist brace comprising:
- a plurality of substantially rigid contact members, said contact members being anatomically curved to include a proximal end conforming to a ventral portion of a user's forearm and a distal end conforming to a portion of the user's palm when being worn;
- securing means for securing said contact members to a user's hand, wrist, and forearm at positions spaced apart from each other so as to extend longitudinally and contralaterally to the user's carpal tunnel;
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- a preformed member, wherein said contact members comprise contours integrally formed on a surface of said preformed member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.