Patent ID: 8328744

Claim:
A dynamic hand splint, comprising: (a) a forearm support section configured to be releasably attached to a forearm; (b) a hand support section connected to the forearm support section; (c) a sleeve configured to receive a digit therein; and (d) a tensioner having a resilient body extending between a proximal first end and an opposite distal second end, wherein (i) the tensioner proximal first end is attached to and extends from the hand support section, and (ii) the tensioner resilient body is retained to the sleeve at a first location of the sleeve and at a second location of the sleeve, the first and second locations being spaced apart such that the resilient body spans a joint of the digit when received within the sleeve with the first and second locations being located along a longitudinal axis of the digit on opposite sides of the joint; (e) wherein the resilient body has sufficient flexural strength to resist, but not prevent, bending of the digit received within the sleeve such that, when the digit is flexed from an extended position toward a flexed position, the resilient body of the tensioner bends with the digit and the digit is urged by the tensioner toward the extended position, and the tensioner is slidable relative to the sleeve.