Patent ID: 8114040

Claim:
A readily adjustable motion control extremity splinting apparatus that is resistant to slipping, comprises: (a) a splinting device or casting that is affixed to a limb to restrict movement, wherein the device or casting includes one or more distal attachment points and one or more rubber band posts, wherein the rubber band posts and distal attachment points provide adjustable digital movement; (b) at least one outrigger wire or tube located above and on a posterior portion of the splinting device, wherein the wires or tubes are firmly or rotationally attached to one or more distal attachment points of the basic splinting device and the outrigger wire or tube passes through a hole located in each of the plurality of attachment anchoring devices; (c) a plurality of attachment anchoring devices that include a plurality of pulleys having at least two perpendicular holes disposed on each anchoring device through which the outrigger tube is passed and through which a second adjustable length anchoring tube or rod is passed and is fixed at a particular length, wherein the attachment anchoring devices include a single unit with at least two perpendicular holes or two portions with matching grooves perpendicular to a single hole wherein the matching groves collectively form a round hole when the two portions are affixed together around the outrigger wire or tube; (d) a plurality of single or paired adjustable length anchoring tubes or rods wherein a portion of the anchoring tubes or rods partially or fully passes through a hole in the individual attachment anchoring device or is attached at a first end of a second anchoring rod or tube wherein the second anchoring tube fully passes through a hole in the individual attachment anchoring device and the position or length or the first or second rod that passes partially or fully through the individual anchoring device that is reversibly fixed by the anchoring device or by a set screw located on or within the anchoring device, wherein at least one end of each of the adjustable length anchoring tube or rod includes an attachment point to attach a tension device, wherein the tension device is attached to the at least one rubber band posts located on the splinting device; (e) a plurality of digital splinting apparatuses to individually splint each of the digits whose movement is restricted, wherein each of the splinting apparatus has at least one attachment point on a portion of the individual digit splinting apparatus located above the posterior of the digits and is attached to one end portion of at least one cord, rope, string or wire and another end portion of the cord, the rope, the string or the wire attached to the attachment anchoring device located on the outrigger wire or tube or to the end of the first or second anchoring tube or rod.