Patent ID: 7458947

Claim:
A dynamic splint assembly for a hand, comprising: (a) a forearm support section configured to abut the volar side of a forearm and span a wrist; and (b) a hand support section connected to and extending from an end of the forearm support section, the hand support section configured to abut the volar side of the hand including at least the volar side of the length of one finger; (c) wherein, (i) the hand support section comprises a resilient material that, in response to bending, such as during flexion of an abutted finger, generates a continuous restoring force in opposition to such bending, whereby an abutted finger in flexion is urged toward extension, and (ii) the forearm support section comprises a malleable material that does not generate, in response to bending, a continuous restoring force in opposition to such bending, whereby a wrist may be selectively oriented in one of a plurality of fixed dispositions having varying degrees of flexion and extension relative to a forearm when the dynamic splint assembly is donned.