Anatomic brace fracture for the knee

Details Anatomic brace fracture for the knee Anatomic brace fracture for the knee

1988-09-19

1991-06-25

Burr, Edgar S.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

623 39, A61F 504, A61F 300

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RE0336211

ABSTRACT:
An anatomic fracture brace mechanism for knee braces to provide lateral restraint and delimited supportive motion of the knee joint permitting weight bearing ambulation of the patient during healing of leg fractures or other traumas, a fracture brace being constructed with a brace mechanism utilizing an asymmetrical four-bar, cross-linkage to follow, as closely as mechanically practical, the polycentric motion of the human knee.

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