Joint for an orthopedic device
AssigneeOttobock SE & Co. Kgaa
InventorsCarsten Vogel, Matthias Schilling
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Abstract
A joint for an orthopedic device which has a first articulated arm and a second articulated arm, which are mounted about a swivel axis such that they can be swiveled relative to one another, and a blocking device which can be moved into a release position and a blocking position. The blocking device, when in the blocking position, blocks the swiveling of the first articulated arm relative to the second articulated arm in the first swivel direction, independently of a swivel angle between the first articulated arm and the second articulated arm, insofar as the swivel angle is in a predetermined range, and allows the swiveling in the first swivel direction, insofar as the swivel angle is outside of the predetermined range.
Claims16
A joint for an orthopedic device, comprising:
- a first articulated arm and a second articulated arm, which are mounted about a swivel axis such that they can be swiveled relative to one another;
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- a blocking device, which can be moved into a release position and a blocking position, wherein the blocking device, when in the blocking position, blocks the swiveling of the first articulated arm relative to the second articulated arm in a first swivel direction and allows the swiveling in a second swivel direction, independently of a swivel angle between the first articulated arm and the second articulated arm, insofar as the swivel angle is in a predetermined range, and allows the swiveling in the first swivel direction, insofar as the swivel angle is outside of the predetermined range;
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- wherein a contact surface is arranged on the first articulated arm, which comes into contact with a blocking element, which blocking element is moveably arranged on the second articulated arm, when the blocking device is in the blocking position, and wherein the contact between the blocking element and the contact surface blocks swiveling of the first articulated arm relative to the second articulated arm in the first swivel direction.
A joint for an orthopedic device, comprising:
- a first articulated arm mounted about a swivel axis;
- a second articulated arm mounted about the swivel axis and configured to swivel relative to the first articulated arm;
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- a blocking device movable into a blocking position to block swiveling of the first articulated arm relative to the second articulated arm in a first swivel direction and to allow swiveling in a second swivel direction when a swivel angle between the first and second articulated arms is within a predetermined range, and allows swiveling of the first articulated arm relative to the second articulated arm when the swivel angle is outside of the predetermined range, the blocking device being movable independent of the swivel angle;
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- further comprising a blocking element moveably arranged on the second articulated arm, wherein the first articulated arm includes a contact surface arranged to contact the blocking element when the blocking device is in the blocking position, wherein contact between the blocking element and the contact surface blocks swiveling of the first articulated arm relative to the second articulated arm in the first swivel direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.