US 12,232,994 B2
Stabilizing rod for an orthopaedic aid
Hans B. Bauerfeind, Zeulenroda-Triebes (DE)
Assigned to Bauerfeind AG, Zeulenroda-Triebes (DE)
Appl. No. 17/055,909
Filed by Bauerfeind AG, Zeulenroda-Triebes (DE)
PCT Filed May 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/062833
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 16, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/219925, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 207 727.4 (DE), filed on May 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0186734 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0109 (2013.01) [A61F 2005/0179 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stabilizing rod (99, 101) for an orthopedic aid (200), wherein the stabilizing rod (99, 101) consists essentially of plastic and comprises a bending section (140) having a mesh belt structure (120), wherein the stabilizing rod (99, 101) comprises a thin bending rod (150) and at least one mesh belt structure (120, 130) running on said thin bending rod, and wherein at least one end of the stabilizing rod (99, 101) has a gripping piece (111a, 111b), wherein the gripping piece comprises an eyelet or a knob on the stabilizing rod (99, 101), wherein a center region of the thin bending rod is offset relative to an inner edge of the at least one mesh belt structure (120, 130).