Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1997-02-05
1999-04-27
Dvorak, Linda C. M.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 6, A61F 500
Patent
active
058975152
ABSTRACT:
An ankle-foot orthosis made of a carbon fiber reinforced material having low weight is carried on the front of the lower leg, extending over the lateral ankle and preventing plantar flexion. The orthosis may be worn under ordinary clothes and shoes and promotes a more natural gait pattern. The ankle-foot orthosis comprises a frame of thin flexible material extending over the front of the lower leg, anterior of the lateral ankle and beneath the sole of the foot and a supporting portion of rigid material extending over a narrow part of the front of the lower leg, anterior of the lateral ankle and beneath the part of the sole of the foot. The orthosis also comprises a fastening means for fastening the orthosis to the leg. In a preferred embodiment the orthosis comprises a substantially inflexible reinforcement element and a tough flexible element, the reinforcement element extending over a narrow part of substantially the whole frame and the flexible part extending over a substantial part of the sole of the foot. The frame is preferably made of thin flexible fiber glass reinforced plastic resin material, said reinforcement element being made of rigid carbon fiber reinforced plastic resin material. Said tough flexible element is preferably made of aramid fiber reinforced plastic resin.
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Engdahl Karl
Willner Stig
Dvorak Linda C. M.
Light Weight Support AB
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