摘要 |
WITH A MEDICAL SPLINT (1) FOR SECURING AND IMMOBILIZING MOVABLE BODY PARTS, IN PARTICULAR EXTREMITIES OF A HUMAN OR AN ANIMAL, ALONG A SPLINT AXIS (6), WHERE SAID SPLINT (1) COMPRISES A SHEET METAL (2) THAT CAN BE SHAPED PLASTICALLY BY HAND AND IS COVERED ON BOTH SIDES WITH A COVER LAYER (3, 4), A HIGH SHAPABILITY AND STIFFNESS AT THE SAME TIME ARE ACHIEVED BY THE FACT THAT THE SHEET METAL (2) IS DESIGNED WITH CORRUGATIONS IN AT LEAST SOME AREAS, WHERE THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS OF THE CORRUGATIONS (42) RUN ESSENTIALLY ACROSS THE SPLINT AXIS (6). (FIG. 4A) |