Patent ID: 7662117

Claim:
A splint for a joint between two members of a human or animal body, composed of at least one rigid and globally concave shell ( 1 , 2 ) that can be positioned around the joint, resting on the joint, wherein the concave shell comprises a chamber ( 3 , 4 ) made of a flexible plastic material that can be pressurised by any appropriate means, on a concave inner face of the at least one concave shell, wherein the chamber is placed on the concave inner face of the concave shell ( 1 , 2 ) to supply a supporting cushion between the concave shell ( 1 , 2 ) and the joint, and the chamber covers at least a part of the concave inner face of the concave shell ( 1 , 2 ); and means ( 6 ) of holding the at least one concave shell ( 1 , 2 ) in position around the joint, wherein the at least one concave shell ( 1 , 2 ) is composed of a single element comprising a rigid part and at least one flexible area ( 7 , 8 ; 12 , 13 ) to avoid any injury to the oedematous tissue that developed subsequent to a severe or minor sprain of the joint, wherein the flexible area is made from a styrene ethylene butylene styrene (SEBS) block copolymer mixed with a rigid synthetic material from which the rigid part is made so that the shell is made from a single mould wherein the flexible area is chemically bonded to the rigid part of the shell ( 1 , 2 ).