ANKLE SUPPORT SPLINT

摘要

PURPOSE: An ankle support splint is provided to offer an effective heal effect as well as secure a free action of the ankle by selectively fixing and massaging the ankle, and to improve the convenience of wearing thereof and allow a user to continuously maintain a stable fixing condition. CONSTITUTION: The ankle support splint(10) comprises an outer wall(11a) having a profile corresponding to a curvature of the ankle, which is hard enough to embody a certain support force while minimizing the contact of skin; an air bag(12b) attached inside the outer wall to fix and massage the ligament region around the anklebone; an inner foam pad(18a,18b) attached inside the outer wall for stably fixing the whole region of the ankle in conforming to the curvature of the human body; and upper and lower non-elastic straps(13,14) for connecting an upper layer portion and a lower layer portion of the outer wall and an elastic middle strap(15) tightly contacting with the anklebone.