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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 1989
Filed:
May. 06, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Denise M Elsey, Greensburg, OH (US);
Assignee:
Akron City Hospital, Akron, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 / ; 128 / ; 128165 ;
Abstract
A flexible wrist splint for the treatment of cumulative trauma disorder. The splint (10) can be worn on either wrist and is usable in the working environment. The splint includes a flexible panel (11) adapted to encircle the wrist area of a person, first and second opposed pockets (12,13) carried on the outer side (21) of the panel, flexible and resilient stays are (14) carried within the first and second pockets, an opening is (26) provided between the first and second opposed pockets for the insertion of a thumb, and fastening straps (15) for securing the panel about the wrist.