TRANSPORTATION-MEDICAL SPLINT Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: splint has lower part 1. There is hinge 2 onto the lower part. Support 3 being a rotatable plate is fixed to hinge 2. There is elongating plate 4 onto the support 3 provided with lockers 5 and belt 6. Rotatable plate has holder made in form of hook 7 provided with two slots for fixing at 90 deg. angle and in horizontal position. Travellers provided with lockers 8 are disposed along the splint. Bolts 9 play role of the lockers. There are three travellers at any side. Belts pass through the splint and play role of fixing and retaining members 10. There is hole 11 at upper part of lower splint; the hole plays role of restrictor for motion of the post of the upper splint. Reinforcing rods 12 pass in parallel to guiding rods on both sides. Lockers 13 of top part of the splint move free along rods 12. Post 14 of top part of the splint changes into semioval plate 15 made of plastics, metal or wood. Belts 16 are fixed onto the plate 15 stationary. EFFECT: improved efficiency of cure. 1 dwg