Patent ID: 11931284
Assignee: FIGHT FINGERS, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A method of bracing a set of adjacent digits, comprising the steps of:
a. inserting a first digit into a first arcuate member of a first brace;
b. inserting a second digit into a second arcuate member of the first brace, wherein the second arcuate member is coplanar to, spaced from, and coupled to the first arcuate member by a top bridge member coupling a top region of the first arcuate member to a top region of the second arcuate member; and a bottom bridge member coupling a bottom region of the first arcuate member to a bottom region of the second arcuate member; wherein a band track extends about the top region, the bottom region, a left side region, and a right side region of the first and second arcuate members, the track bounded by a first raised barrier extending from and coplanar to a front face of the brace and bounded by a second raised barrier that extends from and coplanar to a rear face of the brace at the top region, wherein the band track is thinner front-to-rear in the bottom region than a thickness in the top region;
c. positioning the first brace such that the rear face of the first brace, which the rear face has a narrowed portion, front-to-back, compared to the front face thereof, towards an adjacent joint of the first or second digit.