Patent ID: 7833183

Claim:
A dynamic extension splint for biasing a person's fingers in an open position and having a low-profile configuration, comprising: a) a glove designed to wrap around and cover at least a portion of the person's hand including; i) a thumb jacket for positioning the person's thumb by covering and securing a portion of the thumb, and ii) a handwrap for securing the glove to the person's hand; b) a platform for attachment to the glove and configured to rest on the dorsum of the hand, the platform having an outrigger mount portion; c) a flexible outrigger for biasing at least two adjacent fingers in an extended open position and attached at a proximal end to the outrigger mount portion of the platform at a location so that the outrigger is positioned between the two adjacent fingers when the splint is being worn, the outrigger including a rod extending away from the outrigger mount portion parallel and proximate to the plane of the outrigger mount portion to provide the low-profile configuration of the dynamic extension splint; d) a first finger extender contoured to surround the person's finger including: i) a warped circular saddle for supporting the palmar side of the finger, and ii) a half ring bridge for supporting the dorsal side of the finger; and e) a second finger extender contoured to surround the person's finger including: i) a warped circular saddle for supporting the palmar side of the finger, and ii) a half ring bridge for supporting the dorsal side of the finger.