Adjustable splint and securing means therefor

Abstract

An adjustable spring-loaded splint comprising a pair of lower struts and a pair of upper struts, each member of the pair of lower struts being pivotably connected to a member of the pair of upper struts, said members of each pair being spaced apart a distance to accommodate limb parts distal and proximal to the limb joint, at least one of said struts having at one end a pivotably mounted head portion defining a cam surface, an adjustable spring means mounted within the strut pivotably connected to said cam surface-containing strut and biased into engagement with said cam surface, for applying a quantifiable force tending to align or approximate the cam surface-containing strut with the adjustable spring means and means provided said pair of upper struts and said pair of lower struts for securely holding therebetween said distal and proximal parts of a limb. A securing means comprising an elongate cuff member having on the outside thereof at least one velcro loop section spaced apart from at least one velcro hook section, said loop and hook sections each being followed by a zone therebetween containing both velcro hook and velcro loop sections, said zone between the spaed apart velcro hook and loop sections being comprised of an intermediate area constituted of a velcro loop section or hook section identical to the preceding section, flanked on each side by areas having a velcro loop section or a velcro hook section identical to the section of velcro hooks or loops that follows.