US 11,666,472 B2
Ankle orthosis
David T. Johnson, Charlottesville, VA (US); Evan Eckersley, Charlottesville, VA (US); Ben Scire, Hopkinton, MA (US); and Carter Kitchin, Charlottesville, VA (US)
Assigned to Icarus Medical, LLC, Charlottesville, VA (US)
Filed by Icarus Medical, LLC, Charlottesville, VA (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/537,476.
Application 17/074,542 is a division of application No. 15/585,968, filed on May 3, 2017, granted, now 10,806,619, issued on Oct. 20, 2020.
Application 17/537,476 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/211,635, filed on Mar. 24, 2021.
Application 17/211,635 is a continuation of application No. 17/074,542, filed on Oct. 19, 2020.
Application 17/537,476 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/074,571, filed on Oct. 19, 2020.
Application 17/074,571 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/585,968, filed on May 3, 2017, granted, now 10,806,619, issued on Oct. 20, 2020.
Application 17/537,476 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2020/047904, filed on Aug. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/331,315, filed on May 3, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079794 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0125 (2013.01) [A61F 2005/0139 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0165 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ankle orthosis wearable relative to an ankle and a foot of a wearer, the ankle orthosis comprising:
a proximal portion affixable above the ankle of the wearer;
a distal portion extendable below the ankle of the wearer; and
a tensioning apparatus including an adjustment mechanism and a tensioning element including at least one cable extending outward therefrom, the at least one cable connecting the proximal portion to the distal portion and extending within the distal portion below the ankle of the wearer;
wherein the adjustment mechanism, via the at last one cable, controls a plurality of forces with respect to more than one axis of rotation of an ankle joint of the wearer.