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US 6,475,174 B1Granted
Dorsal compartment brace
OwnerJames C. Y. Chowinventor
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Abstract
A dorsal compartment brace (10) includes a sleeve (12) having an open end (14) sized to fit over the person's arm (A) and extend above the person's wrist. The opposite end (16) of the sleeve has openings (18) and an extension (19) through which the thumb and fingers of the person's hand extend. A splint (20) carried in the sleeve is contoured to fit about the rear, dorsal portion of the person's hand. When the sleeve is worn, the splint immobilizes the first dorsal compartment of the hand to facilitate rehabilitation of the hand.
Claims10
An orthotic brace for immobilizing a first dorsal compartment on a person's hand comprising:
- a sleeve open at one end and sized to fit over the person's arm and extend up the person's forearm a distance above their wrist;
- the sleeve being closed at its other end but with openings therein through which the thumb and fingers of the person's hand extend;
- and,
- a stiffening member carried by the sleeve and positioned along, the dorsal edge of the person's hand when the sleeve is worn, the stiffening member immobilizing a first dorsal compartment of the person's hand so it cannot move thereby to facilitate healing of an injury to this part of the hand, the stiffening member being a curved splint which is generally U-shaped in cross section along its length and contoured to fit over the first dorsal compartment portion of the person's hand, the splint curving outwardly from a wrist end portion of the splint to an end of the splint fitting about the outside of the person's thumb.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.