Orthosis for correcting the position of a body joint

• US 7,322,951 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2005
• Issued: 01/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bauerfeind AG
• Original Assignee: Bauerfeind AG
• Inventors: Reinhardt, Holger
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu; Justine R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MATTER, KRISTEN CLARETTE
• Application Number:
  US11/063,863
• Publication Number:
  US 20050187506A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,070 Days
• Field of Search: 602/5, 602/16, 602/19, 602/20, 602/21, 602 23- 26, 602/30
• US Class Current: 602/16
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/0125 the device articulating around a single pivot-point
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/019 Toe correcting or spreading devices

Abstract

An orthosis for correcting the position of a body joint, the orthosis extending over the two members connected by the body joint and being provided with two arms forming the orthosis, the arms each being held on the respective member by a cuff and being interconnected by a pivot joint adjacent to the body joint is described. For the bending required during normal movement, the pivot joint is formed by an axle ring embraced by the one arm, and the axle ring being fixedly connected to a ring bearing eccentric with respect to the axle ring to form a central adjusting ring. The ring bearing forms a pivot bearing for the other arm and the pivot bearing being embraced by said other arm, such that the rotation plane of said ring bearing with respect to the rotation plane of the axle ring is pivotable through rotation of the adjusting ring.

Claims

1. Orthosis (2) for correcting the position of a body joint (6), said orthosis (2) configured to extend over two members (5, 28;

30,31) connected by a body joint and being provided with a first arm (7,35) and a second arm (8,34) forming the orthosis (2), said first (7,35) and second (8,34) arms each being configured to hold on the respective member (5, 28;

30, 31) by an attachment means (3, 4;

36, 37) and being interconnected by a pivot joint characterized in that, the pivot joint (6) includes a unitary central adjusting ring (12) formed by an axle ring (14) embraced by the first arm (7) and a ring bearing (13) with a fixed eccentricty with respect to the axle ring (14) and embraced by the second arm (8), wherein a variable rotation plane (15) of said ring bearing (13) is configured to be varied with respect to a fixed rotation plane (16) of the axle ring (14) by rotation of the adjusting ring (12) by such an angle that the first arm (7) supported by the axle ring (14) assumes a pivot position in relation to the extended normal position, depending on the rotation angle of the adjusting ring (12), wherein the orthosis includes an assembled and a disassembled configuration and the central adjusting ring has a fixed eccentricity in both the assembled and disassembled configuration.

2. Orthosis according to claim 1 configured for correcting the position of a big toe (5) with the first and second arms (7, 8) configures to extend from a metatarsus (28) to the big toe (5) on the inside of the foot (1), said first and second arms (7, 8) being configured to be secured to the metatarsus (28) and to the big toe (5) by respective cuffs (3, 4) and interconnected by a pivot joint (6) adjacent to big toe (5), characterized in that, for the bending required during rolling of the foot, the pivot joint (6) is formed by the axle ring (14) embraced by the first arm (7) and the ring bearing (13) embraced by the second arm (8) a determines a pivot position of the first arm (7) in relation to the extended normal position, depending on the rotation angle of the adjusting ring (12).

3. Orthosis according to claim 1 configured for correcting the position of a knee joint (32) with the first and second arms (34, 35), configured to extend from a thigh (30) through the knee joint (32) to a lower leg (31), said first and second arms (34, 35) being configured to be secured to the thigh (30) and lower leg (31) by respective cuffs (36, 37) and interconected by a pivot joint (6) adjacent to the knee joint (32), characterized in that, for the bending required during movement of the knee joint, the pivot joint (6) is formed by the axle ring (14) embraced by the first arm (35), and the ring bearing (13) embraced by the second arm (34) to determine a pivot position of the first arm (35) in relation to the extended normal position, depending on the rotation angle of the adjusting ring (12).

4. Orthosis according to claim 1 characterized in that the arm (7) embracing the axle ring (14) is provided with an annular scale (18), said annular scale (18) indicating the rotation angle of the ring bearing (13) and therefore the pivot position of the other arm (8).

5. Orthosis according to claim 1, characterized in that a connection of the first and second arms (7, 8) and the adjusting ring (12) is secured by an expanding ring (22) pressed into the axle ring.

6. Orthosis according to claim 1, characterized in that the second arm (8) embracing the axle ring (14) has a selectively attachable anti-rotation means (24).

7. Orthosis according to claim 1, characterized in that the first and second arms (7, 8) includes pads (9, 10) positioned on a side that faces the respective member (5, 28;

30, 31).

8. Orthosis according to claim 1, characterized in that the axle ring (14) and the ring bearing (13) are integral with each other.

9. Orthosis (2) for correcting the position of a body joint (6), said orthosis (2) configured to extend over two members (5, 28;

30,31) connected by a body joint and being provided with a first arm (7,35) and a second arm (8,34) forming the orthosis (2), said first (7,35) and second (8,34) arms each being configured to hold on the respective member (5, 28;

30, 31) by an attachment means (3, 4;

36, 37) and being interconnected by a pivot joint characterized in that, the pivot joint (6) includes a unitary single component central adjusting ring (12) having an axle ring (14) configured to embrace the first arm (7) and a ring bearing (13) with a fixed eccentricity with respect to the axle ring (14) and configured to embrace the second arm (8), wherein a variable rotation plane (15) of said ring bearing (13) is configured to be varied with respect to a fixed rotation plane (16) of the axle ring (14) by rotation of the adjusting ring (12) by such an angle that the first arm (7) supported by the axle ring (14) assumes a pivot position in relation to the extended normal position, depending on the rotation angle of the adjusting ring (12).

10. Orthosis (2) for correcting the position of a body joint (6), said orthosis (2) configured to extend over two members (5, 28;

30,31) connected by a body joint and being provided with a first arm (7, 35) and a second arm (8, 34) forming the orthosis (2), said first (7, 35) and second (8, 34) arms each being configured to hold on the respective member (5, 28;

30, 31) by an attachment means (3, 4;

36, 37) and being interconnected by a pivot joint characterized in that, the pivot joint (6) includes a central adjusting ring (12) unitarily formed by an axle ring (14) embraced by the first arm (7), and a ring bearing (13) with a fixed eccentricty with respect to the axle ring (14) and embraced by the second arm (8), wherein a variable rotation plane (15) of said ring bearing (13) is configured to be varied with respect to a fixed rotation plane (16) of the axle ring (14) by rotation of the adjusting ring (12) by such an angle that the first arm (7) supported by the axle ring (14) assumes a pivot position in relation to the extended normal position, depending on the rotation angle of the adjusting ring (12), wherein the orthosis is configured such that the position of the variable rotation plane can be modified while the orthosis is worn.