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US 2026/0283831 A1Published application
Orthosis
OwnerShai GREENBERGinventor
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Abstract
A leg orthosis including a first brace attachable to a femoral portion of a leg and a second brace attachable to a tibial portion of said leg. The leg orthosis includes an articulation mechanism for enabling articulation of the leg orthosis and at least one force-applying mechanism for applying a pulling force to the second brace in a direction of the first brace, the force applied by the force-applying mechanism varies with an angle of articulation of the leg orthosis.
Claims5
A leg orthosis comprising:
- (a) a first brace attachable to a femoral portion of a leg;
- (b) a second brace attachable to a tibial portion of said leg;
- (c) an articulation mechanism for enabling articulation of the leg orthosis;
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- (d) a force-applying mechanism for applying a pulling force to said second brace in a direction of said first brace, wherein said force applied by said force-applying mechanism varies with an angle of articulation of the leg orthosis such that said force linearly increases to a maximum over a first range of 0-15 degrees and decreases to a minimum over a second range of 30-90 degrees.
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A method of treating or rehabilitating a knee injury comprising:
- (a) fitting an orthosis having a first brace attachable to a femoral portion of a leg, a second brace attachable to a tibial portion of said leg and an articulation mechanism for enabling articulation of the leg orthosis on a leg of a subject;
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- (b) using said orthosis to repeatedly apply a pulling force to said second brace in a direction of said first brace that varies with an angle of articulation of the leg orthosis such that said force linearly increases to a maximum over a first range of 0-15 degrees and decreases to a minimum over a second range of 30-90 degree thereby treating or rehabilitating the knee injury.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.