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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2013
Saebo, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Henry B. Hoffman, Charlotte, NC (US);
Ian D. Kovacevich, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Saebo, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A dynamic hand splint including a hand support section, a sleeve configured to receive a digit therein, and a first tensioner having an elastic body and forming a loop, wherein the first tensioner is attached to the hand support section, as well as a first location of the sleeve, such that the first tensioner extends from the hand support section to the first location and a first joint of the digit. The elastic body of the first tensioner 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 elastic body of the tensioner is elongated with the digit and the digit is urged by the tensioner toward the extended position.