US 12,097,369 B2
Orthopedic device
Mario Koppe, Göttingen (DE); Heiko Glindemann, Göttingen (DE); and Bernhard Graimann, Obernfeld (DE)
Assigned to OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA, Duderstadt (DE)
Appl. No. 15/733,065
Filed by Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA, Duderstadt (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 16, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/078243
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 6, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/091716, PCT Pub. Date May 16, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 126 463.9 (DE), filed on Nov. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0370060 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61F 2/72 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36014 (2013.01) [A61F 2/72 (2013.01); A61F 5/0102 (2013.01); A61N 1/0452 (2013.01); A61N 1/0484 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An orthopedic device comprising:
a base body for applying to a body part of a wearer, the base body having a base body elasticity and a base body flexibility;
at least one electrode for the transcutaneous transmission of electrical signals, the at least one electrode comprising:
an electrically conductive textile;
an electrically conductive polymer;
wherein the electrically conductive textile is partially penetrated by the electrically conductive polymer and arranged in such a way that the electrically conductive textile comes into contact with the body part when the base body is applied, wherein the at least one electrode is connected to an electric conductor, wherein the electrical conductor comprises a core made of an electrically conductive polymer and an electrically insulating coating, the core having a core elasticity, and wherein the electrically conductive polymer of the electrode is the same as the electrically conductive polymer of the core.