Wire-supporting digital splint
OwnerJoyce Cheuk-Kwan Yaninventor
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Abstract
A digital splint has a base, a bracket, an access shaft, and a secure shaft. The base is configured to support a digit and the base has a length greater than its width. The bracket can be coupled to the base. The bracket has a first, second, and third walls. The second and third walls extend outward from the first wall. The access shaft is in the first wall and is disposed to receive a skin-penetrating device. The secure shaft is located within the first wall and is disposed at an angle to the access shaft. The secure shaft is coupled to the access shaft and is disposed to secure the skin-penetrating device through the access shaft.
Claims20
A digital splint comprising:
- a bracket configured to surround a digit, the bracket having a first, second, and third walls, the second and third walls extending outward from the first wall;
- an access shaft in the first wall, the access shaft disposed to receive a skin-penetrating device;
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- a secure shaft located within the first wall and disposed at an angle to the access shaft, the secure shaft coupled to the access shaft and disposed to secure the skin-penetrating device through the access shaft.
A digital splint comprising:
- a base configured to support a digit, the base having a length greater than its width;
- a bracket coupled to the base, the bracket having a first, second, and third walls, the second and third walls extending outward from the first wall;
- an access shaft in the first wall, the access shaft disposed to receive a skin-penetrating device;
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- a secure shaft located within the first wall and disposed at an angle to the access shaft, the secure shaft coupled to the access shaft and disposed to secure the skin-penetrating device through the access shaft.
A digital splint comprising:
- a base configured to support a digit, the base having a length greater than its width and at least one guide post;
- a bracket configured to be coupled to the base by at least one hole in the bracket configured to receive the guide post, the bracket having a first, second, and third walls, the second and third walls extending outward from the first wall, the first wall, second wall and third wall configured in a “U” shape;
- an access shaft in the first wall, the access shaft disposed to receive a skin-penetrating device;
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- a secure shaft located within the first wall and approximately perpendicular to the access shaft, the secure shaft coupled to the access shaft and disposed to secure the skin-penetrating device through the access shaft, the secure shaft disposed at approximately a right angle to a plane defined by the base.
A method of splinting a digit comprising:
- protecting the digit with a bracket, the bracket having a first, second, and third walls, the second and third walls extending outward from the first wall, an access shaft in the first wall, the access shaft disposed to receive a skin-penetrating device, a secure shaft located within the first wall and disposed at an angle to the access shaft, the secure shaft coupled to the access shaft and disposed to secure the skin-penetrating device through the access shaft;
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- securing the bracket to the digit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.