Functional glove for the hand of a disabled person

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-03-09
MEOLA ELENA +1
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[0010] The aim of the present invention is to obviate the cited drawbacks and meet the mentioned requirements, by providing a functional glove for the hand of a disabled person by way of which it is possible to prearrange the hand of the patient in order to facilitate the handling of various objects.
[0012] Another object of the present invention is to provide a glove whose shape and dimensions are similar to those of gloves used for normal sports applications, and which therefore does not have the appearance of an auxiliary apparatus for handicapped individuals and is therefore similar to the gloves normally used by the disabled to make it easier for them to push the wheelchair.
[0013] Within this aim, another object of the present invention is to provide a structure which is simple, relatively easy to provide in practice, safe in use, effective in operation, and has a relatively low cost.

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None of these solutions is easily accepted and used by the patient for various reasons, such as the slowness of the motor operation induced by the aid or the management complexity of the tool (especially in the case of neuroprostheses with electrical stimulation).

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[0018] With reference to the figures, the reference numeral 1 generally designates a functional glove for the hand of a disabled person.

[0019] The functional glove 1 is suitable to be fitted over the hand 2, leaving free the tips of the fingers 3, and is then fixed firmly to the wrist 4 by means of a fastening strip 5 made of a hook and loop-fastener known as Velcro®.

[0020] The glove comprises a substantially elastic splint 6, which is arranged on the lateral surface of the glove 1, starting from the wrist 4, along with the lateral surface of the short adductor 7 of the thumb 8, up to the upper portion of the thumb 8. The splint 6 can be fixed directly by sewing it on to the glove 1 (or can be rigidly coupled with other similar solutions), but it is also possible to provide a hollow seat (formed by stitching a flap of fabric onto the glove 1, forming a pocket), in which the splint 6 is inserted. The splint 6 is locked to the wrist because its end that is aligned with said wrist is...

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Abstract

A functional glove for the hand of a disabled person, which comprises at least one optionally flexible restraint for at least one of the fingers of the hand, and removable fastening means for rigid fixing to the wrist. The glove, during use, is worn over the hand by the disabled person in order to improve the quality and number of manual operations, providing consequent greater independence and reduced dependence of the disabled person on other people.

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[0001] The present invention relates to a functional glove for the hand of a disabled person. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Quadriplegia compromises manual functionality by reducing the number of motor operations, which are usually required in common activities of everyday life for self-management and for interaction with the microenvironment that surrounds the patient. [0003] Manual disability entails assistance of the patient even for meeting the most basic needs, from personal hygiene to feeding to graphical communication to pushing the wheelchair in all the various transfers. [0004] The severity of manual disability has always promoted research aimed at giving back at least partially to the patient this basic gestural expressiveness. [0005] Highly diversified solutions have thus been obtained which range from the construction of small aids which facilitate manual motor operations to important technologies which propose to animate the hand by means of functional electrical s...

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IPC IPC(8): A41D19/00
CPCA61F5/0118
InventorVANNINI, ANTONIETTA
OwnerMEOLA ELENA