Joint device
AssigneeOtto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH
InventorsHarald SIMA, Roland AUBERGER
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Abstract
A joint device of an orthosis with an upper part and with a lower part that is arranged on the upper part in an articulated manner, with a first fastening device for securing the upper part to a patient and a second fastening device for securing the lower part to a limb, wherein the joint device connects the upper part to the lower part in an articulated manner and has an upper part binding and a lower part binding via which the upper part and the lower part can be secured to the fastening devices, wherein the joint device has at least four degrees of freedom.
Claims20
A joint device of an orthosis, comprising:
- an upper part;
- a lower part connected to the upper part in an articulated manner, wherein the joint device has at least four degrees of freedom between the upper part and the lower part;
- a first fastening device configured to secure the upper part to a patient;
- a second fastening device configured to secure the lower part to a limb;
- an upper-part connection and a lower-part connection, via which the upper part and the lower part can be secured to the fastening devices, wherein the upper-part connection is attached to the first fastening device and the lower-part connection is attached to the second fastening device;
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- an actuator assigned to at least one rotational degree of freedom of the at least four degrees of freedom, wherein the actuator is mounted in or on a holder, which is arranged between the upper part and the lower part and the holder has at least two degrees of freedom of the at least four degrees of freedom.
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A joint device of an orthosis, comprising:
- an upper part;
- a lower part pivotally connected to the upper part, wherein the joint device has at least four degrees of freedom between the upper part and the lower part;
- a first fastening device configured to secure the upper part to a patient;
- a second fastening device configured to secure the lower part to a limb of the patient;
- an upper-part connection and a lower-part connection, via which the upper part and the lower part can be secured to the fastening devices, wherein the upper-part connection is attached to the first fastening device and the lower-part connection is attached to the second fastening device;
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- an actuator assigned to at least one rotational degree of freedom of the at least four degrees of freedom, wherein the actuator is mounted in or on a holder, which is arranged between the upper part and the lower part and the holder has at least two degrees of freedom of the at least four degrees of freedom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.