Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Orthopedic bandage – Splint or brace
Patent
1994-05-25
1996-02-13
Dvorak, Linda C.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Orthopedic bandage
Splint or brace
602 16, 623 44, A61F 500
Patent
active
054908310
ABSTRACT:
A knee brace for aiding in rehabilitation of damaged leg muscles includes upper and lower housings normally pivotable one relative to the other about the knee joint axis of a patient. The upper housing is attachable to the thigh of the patient above the knee joint while the lower housing is secured to a stirrup which extends downwardly along the patient's leg and is attached to the patient's shoe. An actuation rod is carried within the lower housing and is coupled to a cable. The upper and lower housings carry cooperative clutch/brake elements which normally are disengaged to permit relative movement between the upper and lower housings. When the cable is extended the clutch/brake elements engage and lock the housings together. A heel strike mechanism fastened to the stirrup and the heel of the shoe is connected to the cable to selectively extend the cable and lock the brace in substantially any position when the patient places weight on the heel.
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Baker Kevin J.
Forbes John C.
Myers W. Neill
Rice Darron C.
Shadoan Michael D.
Broad, Jr. Robert L.
Dvorak Linda C.
The United States of America as represented by the Administrator
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