Improvements in ferules for the treatment of leg fractures. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

摘要

Perfeccionamientos in splints for the treatment of leg fractures, provided with a frame, a femoral support and a tibio-peroneal support, pivotally linked together, characterized by the fact that the femoral support is pivotally attached to the frame in one of the ends of this, and that the frame has at its other end a means of support, directed upwards, which carries friction reducing means on which cables attached to that end of the tibio-peroneal support pass, and of which the support femoral opposite the point where the femoral support is pivotally attached to the frame, said wires being suitable to be provided with weights at the end opposite the tibio-peroneal support and the femoral support, or to be fastened to one of the parts of the splint for lift the tibio-peroneal support and the femoral support to the desired position, and this in a fixed or elastic manner. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)