Orthopedic device having a foot part, a lower-leg part and a thigh part
AssigneeOttobock SE & Co. Kgaa
InventorsMalte BELLMANN, Herman BOITEN, Paul WEBER
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Abstract
An orthopedic device that includes a foot part, a lower-leg part, and a thigh part. The foot part is connected to the lower-leg part for pivoting about a first pivot axis by an ankle joint. The lower-leg part is connected to the thigh part for pivoting about a second pivot axis by a knee joint. The foot part is connected to the thigh part by a force-transmitting apparatus. The force-transmitting apparatus causes a dorsal flexion of the foot part in the event of a knee flexion over a first knee flexion angle range and causes a plantar flexion of the foot part in the event of further knee flexion after a knee flexion limit angle has been exceeded.
Claims20
An orthopedic device comprising:
- a foot part;
- a lower-leg part;
- a thigh part;
- an ankle joint connecting the foot part to the lower-leg part, the foot part being pivotable about a first pivot axis defined by the ankle joint;
- a knee joint connecting the lower leg part to the thigh part, the lower leg part being pivotable about a second pivot axis defined by the knee joint;
- a force-transmitting mechanism connecting the foot part to the thigh part, the force-transmitting mechanism causing a dorsiflexion of the foot part in the event of a knee flexion over a first knee flexion angle range and causing a plantar flexion of the foot part in the event of further knee flexion after a knee flexion limit angle has been exceeded.
An orthopedic device comprising:
- a lower-leg part;
- a thigh part;
- a foot part pivotally connected to the lower-leg part and rotatable about a first pivot axis;
- a knee joint pivotally coupling the lower leg part to the thigh part, the knee joint defining a second pivot axis;
- a force-transmitting mechanism connecting the foot part to the thigh part, the force-transmitting mechanism causing a dorsiflexion of the foot part in the event of a knee flexion over a first knee flexion angle range and causing a plantar flexion of the foot part in the event of further knee flexion after a knee flexion limit angle has been exceeded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.