User customizable knee brace

Details User customizable knee brace User customizable knee brace

1998-10-23

2000-05-23

Apley, Richard J.

Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage

Orthopedic bandage

Splint or brace

602 16, A61F 500

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060661100

ABSTRACT:
An extended coverage leg brace having an up and across upper and down and across lower structure carries a number of extended adjustment areas. The structure provides an extended length moment engagement to reduce pressure on the upper and lower leg of the user, while the adjustment areas facilitate and enable the user to form the brace to a configuration which will better fit the user's leg shape and topology. The shape of the upper and lower supports in addition to smaller adjustment area loops produces a large open space which avoids over covering the skin of the upper and lower leg to promote air and cooling to significant areas of the upper and lower leg. A custom pad set has raised areas which fit somewhat through the open spaces left in the looping upper and looping lower structural supports which enable the use of lighter weight and a lesser amount of more efficient padding, which also promotes "breathing" adjacent the leg.

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patent: 4986264 (1991-01-01), Miller
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patent: 5693007 (1997-12-01), Townsend
patent: 5743865 (1998-04-01), Townsend
patent: 5782780 (1998-07-01), Mason et al.

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