Low profile metacarpal fracture brace

摘要

A fracture brace having a U-shaped member with an inner, soft-cushioned layer carried on an outer rigid layer defining an open inner cavity for receiving and supporting a user's hand, adjacent to the metacarpal grouping of hand bones. The member is held in position by a strapping system which includes a lower wrist strap, a middle palm strap and an upper palm strap immediately below the fingers. One end of each strap is fixed to the backside of the member and securement to the member includes a loop associated with each strap. Each strap further includes a two-component hook and pile fastener. The pile component of the fastener is carried along the backside of each strap and each strap terminates with a free-end carrying the hook component of the fastener at the tip of the inside surface of each strap. The free end of each strap is adapted to be trained through associated loops of the strapping assembly. A spacer or cushion element is carried on the mid-strap and serves to cushion or separate the thumb from the index finger when the brace is worn on a hand. The inventive brace extends from the base of the hypothenar eminence to beyond the fifth metacarpal-phalangeal joint to support the base of the proximal phalanx of the fifth finger.