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US 12,685,657 B2Granted
Ankle foot orthosis
AssigneeUniversity of Delaware
InventorsMartha Hall, Elisa Sarah Arch, Ahlad Neti, Ashutosh D. Khandha
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Abstract
An ankle-foot orthosis having a foot plate defining a foot bed contoured to underlie the foot of the wearer, a flexible cuff configured to wrap around at least a portion of the shank of the wearer, and a strut assembly comprising a plurality of metal wires connecting the foot plate to the cuff. The plurality of metal wires may include piano wires. The foot plate may be fabricated with a computer aided manufacturing process.
Claims14
An ankle-foot orthosis configured to be worn by a wearer, the wearer having a foot and a shank, the ankle-foot orthosis comprising:
- a foot plate having a foot bed contoured to underlie the foot of the wearer, the foot plate having a heel portion and a front foot portion;
- a flexible cuff configured to wrap around at least a portion of the shank of the wearer;
- a strut assembly comprising a plurality of metal wires connecting the foot plate to the cuff;
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- wherein the heel portion of the foot plate has a plurality of pockets each disposed in an underside surface of the heel portion and each configured to receive a distal end portion of one of the plurality of metal wires.
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