Patent ID: 8784348

Claim:
A hand splint comprising: (a) a forearm component configured to attach to a person's forearm such that a distal end of the forearm component is located proximate the person's wrist and such that the forearm component extends up the person's arm; (b) a hand component including a first portion and a second portion, the hand component configured to receive, in supporting abutment therewith, a volar surface of at least one of a plurality of digits of the person's hand; (c) a palm support component coupling together the forearm component and the hand component, the palm support component comprising, (i) a palm support platform, and (ii) a first strut attached to and coupling together the forearm component and the palm support platform; (d) wherein the palm support platform is mounted to the hand component and is configured to receive, in supporting abutment therewith, a volar surface of a palm of the person's hand; (e) wherein the first strut extends from the forearm component such that a spacing is defined between the hand component and the forearm component, the first strut spanning the wrist of the person when the hand splint is donned; and (f) wherein the second portion of the hand component comprises a resilient material that, in response to bending, such as during flexion of an abutted digit, generates a continuous restoring force in opposition to such bending, whereby the abutted digit in flexion is urged toward extension.