Joint brace with limb-conforming arcuately adjustable cuffs

A cuff for an anatomical brace for stabilizing a uniting pivoting joint disposed between a first and second limb structure of a living being, the cuff comprising:

• a) an arcuate, tensionable, flexibly-bendable wall structure;
• b) at least one elongate tensioner in arcuately related juxtaposition with the cuff, whereby bending the tensioner also bends the cuff, the tensioner having a lateral end and a medial end, each tensioner being configured as a strip member wherein the medial end of the strip member is exteriorly accessible;
• c) an exteriorly accessible adjuster for incrementally drawing the lateral end of the tensioner medially to arcuately tighten the cuff and for incrementally releasing the lateral end to arcuately loosen the cuff wherein the adjuster comprises a threaded screw extending into the medial end of the strip member, whereby rotation of the screw in a first direction incrementally draws the lateral end of the strip member medially for arcuately tightening the cuff, and rotation of the screw in a second direction incrementally releases the lateral end of the strip member for arcuately loosening the cuff;
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• d) two sleeves structurally a part of the cuff, with each sleeve having a lateral end and a medial end and wherein the sleeves converge toward each other from the lateral ends toward the medial ends of the sleeves, and further wherein each sleeve houses one elongate tensioner.

A cuff for anchoring and fitting an anatomical brace about a limb structure of a living being, the cuff comprising:

• a) an arcuate, tensionable, flexibly-bendable wall structure defining a longitudinal axis transverse to a longitudinal axis of the limb structure;
• b) at least one elongate tensioner retained within the wall structure and in arcuately related juxtaposition with the wall structure along the longitudinal axis of the wall structure, whereby bending the tensioner also bends the cuff, the tensioner having a lateral end and a medial end;
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• c) an exteriorly accessible adjuster for incrementally drawing the lateral end of the tensioner medially to arcuately tighten the cuff and for incrementally releasing the lateral end to arcuately loosen the cuff.

An exteriorly positionable anatomical brace for stabilizing a uniting pivoting joint of a living being, the brace comprising:

• a) an upper frame member and a lower frame member, each frame member having two generally spherical sockets;
• b) a pivoting joint member connecting the upper and lower frame members, the pivoting joint member comprising two opposing assemblies each sized and configured to be on one lateral side of the united pivoting joint, with each assembly comprising:
• i) a forward arm member having a generally spherical first end and a generally spherical second end, and a rearward arm member in tandem relationship with the forward arm member and having a generally spherical first end and a generally spherical second end;
• ii) wherein the spherical first ends of the forward and rearward arm members are sized and configured so as to be received by the two generally spherical sockets of the upper frame member, and the spherical second ends of the forward and rearward members are sized and configured so as to be received by the two generally spherical sockets of the lower frame member for multiplanar movement between upper and lower frame members.