US 12,251,328 B2
Wrist brace strap
Judy Carol Colditz, Raleigh, NC (US)
Assigned to JUDY CAROL COLDITZ REVOCABLE TRUST, Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed by Judy Carol Colditz, Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/382,684.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/055,576, filed on Jul. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0023083 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0118 (2013.01) 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wrist brace for providing support to carpal bones within a wrist of a user, the wrist brace comprising an elongated strap sized and configured to encircle an entire circumference of the wrist; a first bracing member on the elongated strap and configured for positioning on a volar side of the wrist; and a second bracing member spaced apart from the first bracing member on the elongated strap and configured for positioning on a dorsal side of the wrist;
wherein the first and second bracing members extend outward from the elongated strap and have a surface area that, together with the elongated strap, configured to support the carpal bones within the wrist; and wherein the elongated strap includes a curvilinear strap portion in use and is formed of a material that has a greater tensile stiffness along its length as compared to its width such that the elongated strap is compliant along its width to permit flexing of the wrist and has lesser flexibility along a length of the elongated strap to thereby stabilize bones of the wrist, and the elongated strap, including the curvilinear strap portion, has greater flexibility in a direction perpendicular to the circumference of the wrist configured in a proximal to distal direction, and the width of the elongated strap is between 0.5 cm and 3.0 cm and is sized and configured so as to overlie carpal bones without overlapping metacarpal bones, a radius and the ulna.