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Adjustable-splint

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Adjustable splint

Details

Inventors: Hepburn, George R.;
Assignee: Dynasplint Systems, Inc. (Baltimore, MD)
Primary Examiner: Yasko; John D.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Larson and Taylor

An adjustable splint assembly comprising a lower strut and an upper strut pivotably connected to said lower strut, one of said struts having at one end a pivotably mounted head portion defining a cam surface, an adjustable biasing means mounted within the other strut and biased into engagement with said cam surface, for applying a quantifiable force tending to approximate said upper and lower struts and means for securing said splint assembly to a limb.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION These and other objects of the invention are obtained by an adjustable splint assembly comprising a lower strut and an upper strut pivotably connected to said lower strut, one of said struts having at one end a pivotably mounted head portion defining a cam surface, an adjustable biasing means mounted within the other strut and biased into engagement with said cam surface, for applying a quantifiable force tending to approximate said upper and lower struts and means for securing said splint assembly to a limb.
In a preferred embodiment the present invention comprises 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 accomodate 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 biasing 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 approximate the cam surface containing strut with the adjustable biasing means containing strut and means provided said pair of upper struts and said pair of lower struts for securely holding therebetween said distal and proximals parts of a limb.

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