Ankle/foot orthosis

US11850177B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA · DE

Inventors

• Jan Johnsson · Norrköping, SE
• Gordon Siewert · Oebisfelde, DE
• Heiko Drewitz · Gleichen, DE
• Olaf Kroll-Orywahl · Oebisfelde, DE
• Maximilian Segl · Duderstadt, DE
• Marcus Lurssen · Göttingen, DE
• Markus Tuttemann · Waltrop, DE
• Boris Ljubimir · Graz, AT
• Norbert Schimek · Kirchworbis, DE
• Wolfgang Keiner · Duderstadt, DE
• Alexander Schmitt · Kassel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 2022
• Grant date: Dec 26, 2023
• Expiry date: Dec 2, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F5/0111
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An ankle/foot orthosis with a foot part, which has a sole for receiving a foot, and with a shin part which, when fitted in place, bears on the frontal aspect of a shin and is connected to the foot part via a medially extending spring, wherein the spring, behind an ankle area, forms a hinge area that allows a movement of the shin part relative to the foot part in the anterior-posterior direction.