WRIST BRACE WITH METALCARPAL PHALANGEAL BLOCK

摘要

A wrist brace with a metacarpal phalangeal block employs a soft goods body with appropriate stays for supporting a hand and a wrist without enclosing the fingers or thumb, and a stay affixed to the body and including a first portion extending to the metacarpal phalangeal joint and a blocking portion overlying the proximal phalange of at least one finger. The blocking portion of the stay prohibits extension of the proximal phalange of the finger beyond a blocked position substantially normal to the palm of the hand while at the same time permitting flexion and extension of the finger between the blocked position and the palm of the hand. The wrist brace is particularly useful in the treatment of fractures of the metacarpal bones and other bones of the hand and fingers.