Patent ID: 9486351
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A wrist brace for alleviating a patient's ulnar sided wrist pain by applying targeted pressure to align the patient's carpal bones, comprising: a base panel formed of an elastic material and having an inner surface and an outer surface, the base panel having a thumbhole and a strap slit formed therein; a wrist strap for wrapping around a patient's wrist directly over the patient's ulnar styloid for providing volar compression and having a first wrist strap end and a second wrist strap end, the first wrist strap end being connected to the inner surface of the base panel, with the second wrist strap end extending through the strap slit for connection to the outer surface of the base panel; an oblique strap for wrapping in a direction opposite from the wrist strap from the patient's volar radial wrist over the patient's ulnar carpus at an oblique angle on the base panel and having a first oblique strap end and a second oblique strap end, the first oblique strap end being connected to the outer surface of the base panel with the second oblique strap end attaching to the outer surface of the base panel dorsally near the distal to mid-shaft area of the patient's second metacarpal, the wrist strap and the oblique strap cooperating to apply oppositely—directed compressive forces to the patient's ulnar styloid and pisiform bone; and a detachable pad mounted to the inner surface of the base panel, the detachable pad having an adjustable location such that when a patient inserts a thumb through the thumbhole, the patient's pisiform bone is adjacent the detachable pad, the detachable pad providing volar support of the patient's ulnar carpus.