Treatment of knee disorders in veterinary medicine
OwnerSlobodan Tepic, Stephen Bresina +2inventors
InventorsSlobodan Tepic, Stephen Bresina, Douglas Beck, Martin Kaufmann
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Abstract
The present invention provides an external brace, an orthosis, for treating disorders of joints in dogs and cats. The most relevant veterinary indication is a hock joint brace to treat cranial cruciate disease in dogs.
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A brace adapted for application to a hock joint of an animal, the brace comprising a first main component comprising a hard shell and a padding and a second main component comprising a hard shell and a padding, wherein the first and the second main components are connected by at least two sets of straps into a clam-shell-like construct configured to surround the joint thereby limiting its flexion-extension range of movement, wherein the first main component is adapted to fit a caudo-plantar aspect of a distal hind limb of the animal and the second main component is adapted to fit cranio-dorsal aspects of the distal hind limb, and wherein the brace is adapted to hold the hock joint angle close to full extension, wherein a distal end of the hard shell of the first main component comprises a removable rubber pad.
A method for treatment of a joint disorder in an animal, the method comprising applying to a hock joint a brace comprising a first main component comprising a hard shell and a padding and a second main component comprising a hard shell and a padding, wherein the first and the second main components are connected by at least two sets of straps into a clam-shell-like construct around the joint thereby limiting its flexion-extension range of movement, wherein the first main component is adapted to fit a caudo-plantar aspect of a distal hind limb of the animal and the second main component is adapted to fit cranio-dorsal aspects of the distal hind limb, and wherein the hock joint angle is close to full extension.
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