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Ankle fracture brace with break-away arm

  • US 6,991,613 B2
  • Filed: 07/07/2003
  • Issued: 01/31/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An ankle fracture brace for immobilization and rehabilitation of the foot and ankle, comprising:

  • a foot support portion adapted to receive a foot of a patient;

    a leg support portion adapted to receive a leg of the patient, the leg support portion including a pair of spaced vertical arms connected by arm lower ends to sides of the foot support portion so as to extend upwardly past sides of an ankle of a patient and terminating adjacent sides of a calf of a patient;

    upper end and lower end straps for securing the leg support portion to the leg of the patient, being connectable to the vertical arms adjacent the calf and ankle, respectively; and

    a horizontal break line in each of the arms between the upper end and lower end straps for selectively severing the arms on the break lines to accommodate different patient uses of the ankle brace.

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