Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1993-04-27
1998-09-22
Dvorak, Linda C.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 26, A61F 500
Patent
active
058107525
ABSTRACT:
A knee joint orthosis having a thigh part, which is to be attached to the igh by harnesses or the like, a lower leg part, which is likewise to be attached to the lower leg by harnesses or the like, and two joint splints which are located laterally opposite each other and connect the two leg parts with each other in an articulated manner. To improve the function as well as the construction design, according to the invention, each of the two joint splints is constructed so that it is telescopically adjustable in length, and is coupled at its upper end to the thigh part and at its lower end to the lower leg part, and a device is provided which effects a dorsalization of the lower leg by the retroposition of the joint splints.
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Dvorak Linda C.
Otto Bock Orthopaedische Industrie Besitz - und Verwaltungs KG
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