Patent ID: 8998833
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An orthopedic device for correcting abnormalities in a wrist, hand, fingers and thumb of a newborn baby, said device comprising: a glove shaped shell constructed and dimensioned to fit over the wrist, hand and a small portion of the fingers and thumb of a human baby within one (1) to ten (10) hours of the baby's birth; a wrist and lower arm engaging portion, a hand engaging portion rotatably connected to said wrist and lower arm engaging portion for rotation upwardly and downwardly, to right and to left and rotatable about a longitudinal axis of a forearm and wrist; and an adjustment mechanism for adjusting rotational movements between said wrist and lower arm portion and hand portion in one (1) millimeter increments, wherein said adjustment mechanism includes a planar gear rotatably disposed on said glove shaped shell, a slidable member having a gear slidably disposed at one end thereof and disposed on said glove shaped shell, and wherein said planar gear engages said gear.