Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Night splint with digital dorsiflexion
- Patent Title (中): 夜间夹板与数字背屈
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Application No.: US12105486Application Date: 2008-04-18
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Publication No.: US08226589B2Publication Date: 2012-07-24
- Inventor: H. Darrel Darby, II , Wu Zhang
- Applicant: H. Darrel Darby, II , Wu Zhang
- Applicant Address: US WV Huntington
- Assignee: Darco International, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Darco International, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WV Huntington
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Main IPC: A61F5/00
- IPC: A61F5/00 ; A61F5/37

Abstract:
A night splint for a user's foot having a frame member and a toe retainer that is releasably connected to the frame member. The toe retainer is configured to dorsiflex at least one toe of the user to allow for a dynamic stretch of the plantar fascia and to provide a low load stretch of the Achilles tendon, plantar fascia tendon, deep flexor muscles and calf muscles to relieve symptoms of plantar fasciitis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090264803A1 NIGHT SPLINT WITH DIGITAL DORSIFLEXION Public/Granted day:2009-10-22
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