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US 2020/0206009 A1Published application
Joint orthosis with movable pad
AssigneeBauerfeind AG
InventorsHeinrich HESS, Hans B. BAUERFEIND
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Abstract
The application relates to an active joint orthosis, particularly an orthosis for the hip joint, with an extended therapeutic function and including a joint splint with articulated arms that can be pivoted relative to one another and a pad that can be actively moved via a coupling joint or cam profile on one articulated arm.
Claims11
An orthotic joint splint having a flat upper articulated arm and a flat lower articulated arm, which is mounted pivotably in an articulation axis perpendicular to said upper articulated arm and which overlaps said arm in the region of the articulation axis,
- wherein
- on or in the upper articulated arm a pad carriage with a pad is displaceably mounted in a carriage track and the pad carriage is coupled in a positively guided manner to the lower articulated arm via a motion transmitting mechanism, comprising at least one of a cam mechanisms and/or a mechanical linkages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.