Urias Inflatable Pressure Leg Gaitor Splint

If your patient suffers from movement issues caused by a neurological disorder, it’s important that they are treated correctly to reduce any physical issues they have. The Urias Inflatable Pressure Leg Gaitor Splint is designed to provide therapeutic, even pressure on your client’s limb for neurological rehabilitation. The support should be initiated by a healthcare professional and can then be continued on a regular basis at home with support from a friend or relative.

What Is the Urias Inflatable Pressure Splint For?

The Pressure Leg Gaitor Splint is designed for a number of different conditions, particularly those of a neurological nature. This includes the following:

• Brain injury
• Brain tumour
• Head trauma
• Stroke
• Trauma
• Contract abnormal tone development
• Inhibit the development of contractures
• Gradually reduce a contracture

Please note that the splint should not be worn for longer than an hour at a time.

Key Features and Benefits

• Splint is transparent to facilitate positioning
• Features an inner layer that moulds to your patient’s anatomy
• Counteracts abnormal tone development
• Assists movement patterns and reduce oedema
• Dynamic force encourages sensory recovery
• Stimulates proprioceptors for improved awareness
• Designed for use in hospital and clinical environments
• Suitable for home use on a regular basis with supervision
• Helps restore normal movement of the affected limbs
• Inhibits development of contractures in neurological disorders
• Stretches and positions the limb to gradually reduce deformities
• Available in two different styles:
  • Single chamber splint provides even pressure to the limb
  • Double chamber splint offers varying levels of pressure

Moulds to Your Client’s Anatomy

The Urias Pressure Leg Gaitor Splint is made of a double layer of washable PVC sheeting for improved hygiene. The support is transparent, allowing you to have better control over the positioning of the brace. During inflation, the soft inner layer moulds exactly to your client’s anatomy, providing circumferential, even pressure when inflation is completed.

Counteracts Abnormal Tone Development

The Urias Inflatable Leg Gaitor Splint is designed to counteract abnormal tone development. When it is applied following a brain injury that has been caused by a trauma or a stroke, the splint inhibits spasticity, assists movement patterns, expedites weight bearing and reduces oedema. The dynamic force of this splint encourages the recovery of your senses by stimulating proprioceptors in the area.

The Inflatable Pressure Gaitor Splint also inhibits the development of contractures in neurological disorders. Where a contracture is already present, the Urias Pressure Splint may be used to stretch and position the limb and therefore gradually reduce the deformity.

What’s the Difference Between Single or Double-Chambered Splints?

The Foot version of the Inflatable Pressure Leg Gaitor Splint uses a single-chambered splint, while the Large Leg and Small Leg variants use a double-chambered splint. While single chamber splints provide even pressure across the limb, double chamber splints offer varying levels of pressure in two separate, individually-inflated chambers. This offers specific management of the extensor or flexor tone.

Sizing of Urias Inflatable Pressure Leg Gaitor Splint

The Inflatable Pressure Leg Gaitor Splint is available in three variations according to your needs. Please note that the leg versions of the splint do not include a foot section.

Variation	Chambers	Length (cm)
Large Leg	Double	70cm
Small Leg	Double	60cm
Foot	Single	42cm

All variations of the Urias Inflatable Pressure Leg Gaitor Splint are latex free. Please note that inflation pressure should not exceed 40mmHg.