Magnetic therapeutic device for arthritic fingers

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention provides a therapeutic device for holding a plurality of small lightweight intense-field permanent magnets on or near the finger and joint areas of an arthritic hand to reduce the pain, stiffness and soreness and to promote healing therein.
The device comprises a number of flat powerful rare-earth magnets (generally one for each finger area being treated), each magnet being spacedly secured in a flexible carrier band for positioning the magnets on or near the fingers or joints being treated, on either the upper or palm side of the hand.
The carrier band has an adjustable resilient strap attached to each end thereof, thus completing an elliptically-shaped device which can fittingly surround substantially any sized afflicted hand inserted therein.
Full details of the structures, features and uses of the preferred embodiments of this invention will be disclosed and described in connection with the accompanying illustrative but not limiting drawings, wherein: