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US 10,702,411 B2Granted
Varus/valgus correcting device
AssigneesDong Ho Song, Jinwook Song
InventorsDong Ho Song, Jinwook Song, Joon Han Kang
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a varus/valgus correcting device, and more particularly, to a varus/valgus correcting device devised to correct varus (i.e., genu verum (O-shaped leg)) and valgus (i.e., genu valgum (X-shaped leg)) by rotating tibia and fibula and allow a wearer to easily walk.
Claims10
A varus/valgus correcting device comprising:
- a support frame supporting at least one of upper and lower limbs of a leg, and formed in a vertical length direction of the leg;
- a leg fixing part selected from among a femoral fixing part connected to the support frame and installed to surround and fix the upper limb of the leg, a knee fixing part connected to the support frame and installed to fix a knee part, and a calf fixing part connected to the support frame and installed to surround and fix the lower limb of the leg;
- and
- a corrective shoe connected to a lower portion of the support frame and installed to fix a foot,
- wherein
- the corrective shoe is horizontally rotated to be adjusted in correction angle to correct varus/valgus,
- a connection portion of the support frame connected to the corrective shoe is positioned between a bottom of the corrective shoe and a highest level of the corrective shoe,
- a corrective shoe support part connected to a rear side of the corrective shoe, wherein the corrective shoe supporting part connects the corrective shoe to the support frame in a horizontal direction, is provided between the support frame and the corrective shoe, and is positioned between the bottom of the corrective shoe and the highest level of the corrective shoe,
- the corrective shoe support part includes a correction angle adjusting part, wherein the correction angle adjusting part is configured to adjust a horizontal angle of the corrective shoe support part such that the corrective shoe rotates around the correction angle adjustment part,
- the corrective shoe support part further includes an ankle bending part, wherein the ankle bending part is configured such that the corrective shoe rotates around the ankle bending part according to a vertical movement of an ankle, and
- the corrective shoe support part, the correction angle adjusting part, and the ankle bending part are aligned horizontally.
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