Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1992-02-10
1993-10-05
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 23, A61F 500
Patent
active
052500217
ABSTRACT:
An ankle brace comprising a shoe base for releasable attachment to the foot of a patient, the base including lateral sides, a sole support, a toe end, and a heel end, the ankle brace further comprising leg supports for rigid attachment to the shoe base and adapted to be strapped to the leg of a patient above the patient's ankle. Attachment means are provided for attaching the leg supports to the shoe base, for securing the leg supports to the sides of the base, and for resisting twisting and rotational torques applied to the leg supports relative to the shoe base. In one embodiment, such torques are resisted by interacting vertical members on the shoe base and leg supports. In another embodiment, the leg supports are secured to the sole support inwardly of the side of the base. An air cushion for the heel portion of the shoe base may be provided to absorb impactive forces when the patient is walking. The main body of the shoe base is formed with a smooth sole support on its top surface and a plurality of open adjacent cellular cavities on its bottom. The cavities have closed walls on their tops and sides and are open at their lower extremities. The bottom sole is adapted to fit over and close off the open cavities.
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Apley Richard J.
Dvorak Linda C. M.
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