Hinge for knee joint orthoses, knee joint prostheses and/or braces

A hinge for a knee joint orthoses, a knee joint prostheses, or a brace, said hinge comprising:

• a generally p-shaped first hinge bracket which is generally flat and includes a rectilinear recess which extends essentially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said first hinge bracket, and a generally rectilinear opening in a bottom wall of the rectilinear recess, said generally rectilinear opening extending generally perpendicular to said generally rectilinear recess and having a smaller width than a width of the recess, and
• a generally p-shaped second hinge bracket which is generally flat and is positioned adjacent to and overlapping with said first hinge bracket, said second hinge bracket mounting first and second circular guide elements, the first guide element being positioned eccentrically relative to a generally rounded end portion of the second hinge bracket and having a diameter generally corresponding to a width of said recess in the first hinge bracket, and the second guide element being located on the first guide element and having a diameter generally corresponding to the width of the opening in the first hinge bracket, said second guide element extending generally along an axis of the rounded end portion of the second hinge bracket,
• said first and second hinge brackets being positioned together such that said first guide element extends into said recess and said second guide element extends into said opening to enable combined rotational and sliding movement of said first and second hinge brackets relative to one another relative to a plane defined there between.