US 11,963,912 B2
System for positioning and restraining at least a part of a hand
Stefan Lewold, Bjarred (SE)
Assigned to ManuFix Scandinavia AB, Bjärred (SE)
Appl. No. 17/296,013
Filed by ManuFix Scandinavia AB, Bjärred (SE)
PCT Filed Oct. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/SE2019/050987
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/106196, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1851443-0 (SE), filed on Nov. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087888 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61G 13/12 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A61F 5/37 (2006.01); A61G 13/00 (2006.01); E05B 75/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 13/124 (2013.01) [A61F 5/0118 (2013.01); A61G 13/0045 (2016.11); A61F 5/37 (2013.01); E05B 75/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical fixing system for positioning and restraining at least a part of a hand, comprising a support plate and a plurality of finger restraining elements, wherein each of the finger restraining elements is removably connectable to a finger or a plurality of fingers, and is detachably attachable to the support plate, wherein
the support plate comprises a magnetic material, and wherein each of the finger restraining elements comprises a rigid closed loop ring portion for receiving a finger and enclosing a circumference thereof, and a fastening portion that is in contact with the support plate and that has a permanent magnet for attaching the finger restraining element to the support plate, so that when a finger is received in the ring portion the finger is secured to the support plate in a desired position, the permanent magnet configured to direct a magnetic field toward the support plate such that the fastening portion is magnetically urged toward the support plate.