Patent ID: 7955287
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An orthopedic support for immobilizing the thumb of a hand employing a wrist band worn around the wrist articulation and having at least a textile lace that is passed in front of the thumb and taughtly fixed onto the external surface of the wrist band, characterized by comprising a saddle of a rigid material having a concave surface, a vertex and having a salient arcuate bow extending orthogonally from one side of the vertex of the saddle; a fabric hook- and loop-fastener having the hook part fixed onto the concave surface of said saddle; a coating of a cushioning material on the convex surface of said salient arcuate bow; said saddle being fixable on the wrist band by anchoring said hook part of said fabric hook- and loop-fastener present on the concave surface of the saddle onto said textile lace of the wrist band in front of the thumb, the coated convex surface of said salient arcuate bow sustaining the thumb resting on it; at least a textile binding lace adapted to be wound around the thumb and the sustaining salient arcuate bow of the saddle for immobilizing the thumb.