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Adjustable splinting device - Darco International, Inc.
United States Patent 8900171
Darby II, Darrel H. (Huntington, WV, US)
Zhang, Wu (Proctorville, OH, US)
12/758518
Darco International, Inc. (Huntington, WV, US)
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1. A therapeutic device comprising: an upper portion constructed to contact a lower leg; a foot portion constructed to contact a foot and be integral with the upper portion, a tensioning element that directly connects a forward portion of said foot portion to said upper portion at a connection point on said upper portion to permit adjustment of a relative angle between said foot portion and said upper portion, and an interconnecting pivoting part being separate from the tensioning element and integrally and directly connecting the upper portion to the foot portion, wherein said tensioning element is positioned entirely on an exterior side of both of said upper portion and said foot portion, and said connection point on said upper portion is positioned above said interconnecting pivoting part.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein the foot portion includes a toe anchor to which the tensioning element is attached.
5. The device of claim 1, further comprising a lower leg strap connected to said upper portion and constructed to be wrapped about the lower leg, wherein the lower leg strap is stretchable.
7. The device of claim 1, further comprising a foot strap connected to said foot portion and constructed to be wrapped about a foot, wherein the foot strap is stretchable.
9. The device of claim 1, wherein the tensioning element comprises a shock cord.
10. The device of claim 1, wherein the upper portion includes an anchor to which the tensioning element is attached.
11. The device of claim 1, wherein the tensioning element comprises a single elastic cord.
12. The device of claim 1, wherein said foot portion is pivotally connected to said upper portion at a pivot point.
13. The device of claim 12, wherein the pivot point includes a range of motion indicator.
14. The device of claim 1, wherein said foot portion and said upper portion form an L-shape having a vertex and the interconnecting pivoting part connects the foot portion and the vertex.
15. A therapeutic device comprising: an upper portion; a foot portion pivotally connected to said upper portion at a pivot point; a lower leg strap connected to said upper portion and constructed to be wrapped about a leg; a foot strap connected to said foot portion and constructed to be wrapped about a foot; and a single shock cord extending between spaced, confronting locations on said upper portion and said foot portion, the locations being spaced from said pivot point, wherein said shock cord is positioned entirely on an exterior side of both of said upper portion and said foot portion.
18. A method for treating plantar fasciitis comprising: providing a splint device having an upper portion, a foot portion and an elastic tensioning element, the upper portion and foot portion being pivotally disposed with respect to one another at a pivot point; detaching the elastic tensioning element from one of the upper portion and the foot portion; pivoting the upper portion with respect to the foot portion; securing the upper portion of the splint device to a lower leg adjacent a tibial bone; securing the foot portion to an upper surface of a foot adjacent a cuneiform bone; urging the foot portion and upper portion together with the elastic tensioning element which extends between the foot portion and the upper portion; and providing a desired tension on the elastic tensioning element by selecting a desired point of attachment on the elastic tensioning device to at least one of the upper portion and the foot portion, wherein the elastic tensioning element is positioned entirely on an exterior side of both of said upper portion and said foot portion.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising providing a range of motion indicator on the pivot point.
20. The method of claim 18, wherein securing the upper portion of the splint device to the lower leg comprises strapping the splint device to a calf region.
21. The method of claim 18, wherein securing the foot portion of the splint device to the upper surface of the foot comprises strapping the splint to the foot.
22. The method of claim 18, further comprising adjusting a length of the elastic tensioning element between the foot portion and the upper portion.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein adjusting a length of the elastic tensioning element comprises: disengaging the tensioning element from one of the foot portion and the upper portion at a first pint of attachment; selecting a desired length of the elastic tensioning element; re-attaching the elastic tensioning element to the one of the foot portion and the upper portion at a second point of attachment on the elastic tensioning element different from the first point.
24. The method of claim 18, further comprising adjusting tension on the elastic tensioning element by selecting a point on the elastic tensioning element which is attached to one of the upper portion and the foot portion for a fixed angle between the upper portion and the foot portion.
25. The method of claim 16, further comprising adjusting tension on the elastic tensioning element by adjusting an angle formed between the upper portion and the foot portion while the elastic tensioning element remains attached to the foot portion and the upper portion.
26. A splinting device comprising: a first part for contacting a lower leg of a user and a second part for contacting a foot of the user and being integral with the first part; an adjustable attachment that directly connects the first part to a forward portion of the second part at a connection point on said first part to permit adjustment of a relative angle between the first part and the second part, and an interconnecting pivoting part being separate from the tensioning element and integrally and directly connecting the upper portion to the foot portion, wherein the adjustable attachment is positioned entirely on an exterior side of both of the first part and the second part, and said connection point on said first part is positioned above said interconnecting pivoting part.
27. The device of claim 26, wherein one end of the adjustable attachment is connected to the second part, and another end of the adjustable attachment is detachably connected to the first part.
28. The device of claim 26, wherein the second part is hingedly connected to the first part at a location.
29. The device of claim 28, wherein the location includes an indicator.
30. The device of claim 26, wherein the adjustable attachment comprises an elastic part.
31. The device of claim 30, wherein the elastic part is a dynamic elastic ring.
32. A splinting device comprising: a first part; a second part hingedly connected to said first part at a location; a lower leg strap connected to said first part for securing the first part to a leg; a foot strap connected to said second part for securing the second part to a foot; and an adjustment strap including an elastic part, the adjustment strap extending between said first part and said second part, wherein the adjustable strap is positioned entirely on an exterior side of both of the first part and the second part.
33. The device of claim 32, further comprising a plurality of attachments disposed on at least one of the first part, the second part, and the adjustment strap, wherein the attachments are spaced from one another.
34. The device of claim 32, wherein the first part is disposed adjacent the leg.
35. The device of claim 34, wherein the second part is disposed adjacent the foot.
36. A method for treating plantar fasciitis comprising: providing a splint device having a first part, a second part and an adjustable attachment including an elastic part, the first part and the second part being hingedly disposed with respect to one another at a location, and the adjustable attachment being connected to one of the first part and the second part; securing the first part of the splint device to a lower leg; securing the second part of the splint device to a foot; rotating the first part relative to the second part; establishing a predetermined angle between the first part and the second part; stretching the elastic part of the adjustable attachment; attaching the elastic part to another of the first part of the second part at a position based on the predetermined angle to limit movement of the first part relative to the second part beyond the predetermined angle, wherein the adjustable attachment and the elastic part are positioned entirely on an exterior side of both of the first part and the second part.
37. The method of claim 36, further comprising providing an indicator on the location between the first part and the second part.
38. The method of claim 36, wherein securing the first part of the splint device to the lower leg comprises strapping the splint device to a calf region.
39. The method of claim 36, wherein securing the second part of the splint device to the foot comprises strapping the splint to the foot.
40. A therapeutic device comprising: an upper portion constructed to contact a lower leg; a foot portion constructed to contact a foot and be integral with the upper portion, a tensioning element that directly connects a forward portion of said foot portion to said upper portion to permit adjustment of a relative angle between said foot portion and said upper portion, and an interconnecting pivoting part being separate from the tensioning element and integrally and directly the upper portion to the foot portion, wherein said tensioning element includes a strap with a connector connected to said upper portion, said connection point on said first part is positioned above said interconnecting pivoting part.
An adjustment strap 34 is connected to one of first part 12 and the second part 14. The other of the first part 12 and the second part 14 includes a plurality of attachments 36. The attachments 36 may be disposed along the other of the first part 12 and second part 14 and spaced from one another, as shown in the embodiments of FIGS. 1-3 and 12. Alternatively, the attachments 16 may be disposed along a strap connected to the other of the first part 12 and second part 14, as shown in FIG. 13. An elastic part 38 is connected to the other end of the adjustment strap 34 and removably attaches to one of the attachments 36. The attachments 36 may be hooks. As shown in FIG. 11, the elastic part 38 may be a dynamic elastic ring. The figures illustrate three attachments 36 on the first part 12 of the splinting device, however the attachments may be provided on the second part 14 and there may be a different number of attachments 36. Furthermore, as shown in at least FIG. 1, the adjustment strap 34 is positioned entirely on an exterior side of both of the first part 12 and the second part 14.
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