ORTHOTIC KIT FOR PERSONS WITH AMPUTATED OR ATROPHIED UPPER LIMBS

摘要

The invention relates to an orthotic kit for persons with amputated or atrophied upper limbs, allowing said persons to hold and handle smaller objects and tools, which comprises an orthotic made up of a flexible strip in the shape of an inverted T, made of a layered material of at least two layers, with one or more permanent magnets fixedly inserted between the at least two layers in a central area between the arms of the T, at least one metal plate that can adhere to the surface of an object or tool to be held or handled and which can adhere in turn by magnetic attraction to the magnets of the flexible strip so that the person can hold and handle said object or tool, and a means for adhering the at least one plate to the object or tool, the flexible strip having closing means at the ends of the arms of the T and at the end of the vertical portion of the T, arranged to place the strip around the end of the amputated or atrophied limb.