Patent ID: 11883316
Assignee: MEDICAL SPECIALTIES, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A wrist brace, comprising:
a U-shaped support sleeve having a dorsal section, a radius section, and a palmar section, wherein the radius section is contiguously positioned between the dorsal section and the palmar section;
an ulnar panel connecting the U-shaped support sleeve's dorsal section and the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section, the ulnar panel being affixed to the U-shaped support sleeve such that together the U-shaped support sleeve and the ulnar panel form a closed wrist-brace sleeve;
dorsal lace-redirection mechanisms positioned at or near the U-shaped support sleeve's dorsal section;
palmar lace-redirection mechanisms positioned at or near the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section;
a lacing closure tab having one or more closure-tab lace-redirection mechanisms; and
a lace having (i) a first end fixed to the U-shaped support sleeve nearer a proximal end of the U-shaped support sleeve and (ii) a second end fixed to the U-shaped support sleeve nearer a distal end of the U-shaped support sleeve, wherein the lace has (i) its first end fixedly connected to the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section near a proximal end of the palmar section and (ii) its second end fixedly connected to the U-shaped support sleeve's palmar section near a distal end of the palmar section, and wherein the lace is freely threaded through the respective dorsal lace-redirection mechanisms, palmar lace-redirection mechanisms, and closure-tab lace-redirection mechanisms.