PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a brace which is easily attachable, light weight and having a nice wearing feeling, excellent in support property, as well as easy and simple in manufacturing.SOLUTION: A brace operably supports a joint part and comprises a pair of fixing members 10 attached to a portion located in front and back of a proximal interphalangeal joint while sandwiching the joint and a connecting part 20 formed integrally with the fixing members 10 so as to connect both fixing members 10, 10. The fixing member 10 comprises a hard part 11 formed with a hard material and a soft part 12 formed with a soft material. The connecting part 20 comprises a hard part 21 formed with a hard material and an elastic part 22 having elasticity and formed with a soft material. The hard part 21 is composed of a pair of connecting base parts 21a connected to the fixing parts 10 respectively and a pair of control parts 21b extended from the connecting base parts 21a. The elastic part 22 is connected and provided with the pair of the connecting base parts 21a.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】 装着が簡単で、軽量で装着感がよく、サポート性に優れ、製造も簡易且つ簡便な装具を提供すること。【解決手段】関節部分を動作可能にサポートする装具であって、近位指節間関節の前後に位置する部分に、関節を挟んで装着される一対の固定部10、両固定部10,10を連結するように固定部10と一体に形成された連結部20とを具備し、固定部10は、硬質材により形成された硬質部11と軟質材により形成された軟質部12とからなり、連結部20は、硬質材により形成された硬質部21と、軟質材により形成された弾性を有する弾性部22とからなり、硬質部21は、固定部10にそれぞれ連結された一対の連結基部21aと、連結基部21aから延設された一対の制御部21bとにより構成されており、弾性部22は、一対の連結基部21aを連結して設けられている装具1。【選択図】図1
