Adjustable orthosis joint for the controlled movement and/or fixation of a hand, and orthosis having an orthosis joint of this kind
AssigneeKimebo Ug (HaftungsbeschräNkt)
InventorUwe Klimmer
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Abstract
Described herein is an adjustable orthesis joint for the controlled movement and/or fixation of a hand of a patient and to an orthesis having such an orthesis joint, which is distinguished in that it includes at least one fastening element for pivotable fastening of a first pivot lever; at least one first, upper angle adjustment element, and at least one second, lower angle adjustment element; the first angle adjustment element and the second angle adjustment element each including at least one pivot limitation, which limit the extension and/or flexion movement of a first pivot lever in its range of movement.
Claims16
An adjustable orthesis joint (10) for the controlled movement and/or fixation of a hand of a patient, comprising at least
- a first pivot lever (15) for performing an extension and/or flexion movement of the hand;
- a second pivot lever (16), arranged pivotably on the first pivot lever (15), for performing an ulnar and/or radial deviation of the hand;
- wherein
- the orthesis joint (10) comprises
- a fastening element (12) for pivotable fastening of the first pivot lever (15);
- a first, upper angle adjustment element (11), which during use is arranged in relation to the back of a hand above the fastening element (12), rotatably about a rotation axis (D1), on the fastening element (12);
- and
- a second, lower angle adjustment element (13), which during use is arranged in relation to the back of a hand below the fastening element (12), rotatably about the rotation axis (D1), on the fastening element (12);
- the first angle adjustment element (11) and the second angle adjustment element (13) each comprising at least one pivot limitation (111;
- 131), which limit the extension and/or flexion movement of the first pivot lever (15) in a range of movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.