Patent ID: 8328744
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A dynamic hand splint, comprising: (a) a forearm support section configured to be releasably attached to a forearm; (b) a hand support section connected to the forearm support section; (c) a sleeve configured to receive a digit therein; and (d) a tensioner having a resilient body extending between a proximal first end and an opposite distal second end, wherein (e) wherein the resilient body has sufficient flexural strength to resist, but not prevent, bending of the digit received within the sleeve such that, when the digit is flexed from an extended position toward a flexed position, the resilient body of the tensioner bends with the digit and the digit is urged by the tensioner toward the extended position, and the tensioner is slidable relative to the sleeve.