Knee-joint orthesis
AssigneeBeiersdorf AG
InventorsThorsten Herzberg, Andreas Albrod
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Abstract
Knee-joint orthesis with a lower leg part and a thigh part, and with a lateral orthesis hinge and a medial orthesis hinge which connect the lower leg part and the thigh part to each other, characterized in that the lateral orthesis hinge is formed by a hinge which consists of two intermeshing toothed wheels whose axles are each securely connected on both sides to a hinge plate, each of the two toothed wheels having in each case a strut which is used for securely connecting the lateral orthesis hinge to the lower leg part and to the thigh part, the medial orthesis hinge is formed by a single-axle hinge which consists of a U-shaped upper part which encloses a lower part, the upper part and lower part being connected to each other in an articulated manner by means of a pin.
Claims8
Knee-joint orthesis comprising a lower leg part and a thigh part, and with a lateral orthesis hinge and a medial orthesis hinge which connect the lower leg part and the thigh part to each other, wherein the lateral orthesis hinge is formed by a hinge which consists of
- two intermeshing toothed wheels whose axles are each securely connected on both sides to a hinge plate,
- each of the two toothed wheels having in each case a strut which is used for securely connecting the lateral orthesis hinge to the lower leg part and to the thigh part,
- the medial orthesis hinge is formed by a single-axle hinge which consists of
- a U-shaped upper part which encloses a lower part, a lower part having a ball joint enclosed by the U-shaped upper part, the upper part and lower part being connected to each other in an articulated manner by means of a screw passing through the U-shaped upper part and the ball of the ball joint of the lower part.
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