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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1993
Nitto Kohki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A remedial device for hand insufficiency includes a glove trank having a foundation and allowing the palm of a hand to be applied thereto, the thumb and fingers of the hand to be fixed to the foundation with finger stoppers, and the wrist and forearm to be fixed to the foundation with an arm stopper; a plurality of first bag bodies accommodating finger-spreading air sacks and disposed on the front side of the foundation; a pair of second bag bodies accommodating joint-extending air sacks and disposed on the back side of the foundation; and a compressed air feed and discharge device for inflating and deflating the air sacks in the first and second bag bodies to effect a spreading of the fingers and an extension and dorsiflexion of hand joints. Each of the second bag bodies includes two bag pieces which are each formed of cloth cut into a foundation. The second bag bodies each have a concavity where the foundation is folded about itself and the bag pieces are adjoined to each other through the fold forming the concavity. The arm stopper includes a wrist strap extending laterally from one side of the foundation and having a length sufficient to be wound around the wrist at least one and a half times and a pair of forearm straps.