Patent · US Expired

Elastic joint support

US6063048A · kind A · utility

91Cited by

15References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Futuro, Inc. · US

Inventors

Stefan Bodenschatz · Buxtehude, DE
Sherry A. Hinds · Loveland, US
Thorsten Stradt · Hamburg, DE
Richard Taylor · Cincinnati, US
John Truitt · Pittsburg, US
S. Michael Wiesemann · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 10, 1996
Grant date	May 16, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 10, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F5/0109
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A support brace for knee or elbow is provided that includes a sleeve of elastic material that is unidirectionally elastic in a transverse direction across the width of the brace to provide compressive support to the joint on which the brace is worn. The sleeve includes a front portion across which is disposed one or more slightly spiral shaped, or "S" shaped, support straps. The support straps are unidirectionally elastic in a longitudinal direction along their lengths to provide lift support to the joint on which the brace is worn.

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