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Article: Thumb splint.
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- Medical Textiles
- Article date:
- March 1, 2000
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Australian-based inventors have devised a support that they claim maintains the thumb in an optimal healing position.
In US Patent 5 899 870, Gary Deirmendjian and Eugene Sherry explain that the invention provides a means of dynamically biasing the thumb towards a healing position, thereby allowing faster and better healing of the ulnar collateral ligament. The support can be used after surgery or following injury to the thumb and its adjacent muscles and ligaments.
As shown in Figure 2, the support (1) includes an engaging portion (3) and an anchoring portion (5) in the form of a cuff, which encircles the wrist of the user. These parts are attached by ...