US 11,730,611 B2
Orthopedic device
Herman Boiten, Gottingen (DE); Luder Mosler, Duderstadt (DE); Martin Pusch, Dudertadt (DE); Frederik Te Riele, Hengelo (NL); Joachim Michniewicz, Munich (DE); and Lenka Harbach, Hahnstaetten (DE)
Assigned to OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA, Duderstadt (DE)
Filed by OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA, Duderstadt (DE)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/16,320.
Application 17/016,320 is a continuation of application No. 15/976,636, filed on May 10, 2018, granted, now 10,893,959.
Application 15/976,636 is a continuation of application No. 14/646,705, granted, now 9,993,356, issued on Jun. 12, 2018, previously published as PCT/EP2013/003567, filed on Nov. 26, 2013.
Claims priority of application No. 102012023023.0 (DE), filed on Nov. 26, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2020/0405507 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/64 (2006.01); A61F 2/66 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A61F 2/74 (2006.01); A61F 2/62 (2006.01); A61F 2/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/60 (2006.01); A61F 2/68 (2006.01); A61F 2/50 (2006.01); A61F 2/76 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/70 (2013.01) [A61F 2/60 (2013.01); A61F 2/604 (2013.01); A61F 2/64 (2013.01); A61F 2/66 (2013.01); A61F 2/6607 (2013.01); A61F 2/68 (2013.01); A61F 5/0106 (2013.01); A61F 5/0111 (2013.01); A61F 5/0123 (2013.01); A61F 5/0125 (2013.01); A61F 5/0127 (2013.01); A61F 2/74 (2021.08); A61F 2/748 (2021.08); A61F 2002/5003 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5006 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5021 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5038 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5093 (2013.01); A61F 2002/704 (2013.01); A61F 2002/7625 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0137 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0155 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0167 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0169 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0179 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. An orthopedic device, comprising:
a knee joint, comprising:
a proximal upper part configured to be fastened to a patient;
a distal lower part pivotally connected to the proximal upper part about a knee pivot axis;
an ankle joint;
a foot part connected to the ankle joint;
a shin part extending between the ankle joint and the knee joint;
a force transmission mechanism connected to the foot part and to the proximal upper part of the knee joint, the force transmission mechanism being operable to provide a plantar flexion of the foot part when the knee joint is flexed, the force transmission mechanism comprising an articulating rod that transmits at least one of tensile force and compressive force, and wherein the articulating rod is configured to buckle in one direction only.