Cable knee brace system
AssigneeMobius Technologies, Inc.
InventorDarren Fleming
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Abstract
It is the object of the invention to provide a knee bracing system that bolsters the body's natural ligaments and accommodates user's with different natural Q-angles, to reduce the knees proneness to injury or re-injury. The invention is a cable system that acts much like the body's natural way that resists the forces that cause excessive joint movement and injury to the ACL and/or MCL. As the leg travels through the range of motion, the cables provide external hyper extension, bending, and rotation support preventing the tibia bone from moving forward (hyper/extending) or twisting (lateral rotation) and/or laterally bending with respect to the femur.
Claims7
A knee brace comprising:
- a femoral plate;
- a first tibial plate hingidly coupled to the femoral plate;
- a second tibial plate rotationally coupled about an axis to the first tibial plate, wherein adjustment of the orientation of the second tibial plate relative to the first tibial plate about the axis creates a desired Q-angle;
- a back plate, and
- a cable routed to each of the femoral plate, first tibial plate, second tibial plate, and back plate.
The knee brace of claim l wherein the femoral plate includes cable connectors.
The knee brace of Claim l wherein the cable includes cable segments coupled together.
The knee brace of Claim l further comprising a locking device coupled to the femoral plate, the locking device configured to secure the cable to the femoral plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.