Patellar pad

US9545328B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BAUERFEIND AG · DE

Inventors

• Heinrich Hess · Cologne, DE
• Rainer Scheuermann · Kiel, DE
• Hans B. Bauerfeind · Zeulenroda, DE
• Oliver Marx · Wolfstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 25, 2012
• Grant date: Jan 17, 2017
• Expiry date: Aug 5, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49826
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical aid for supporting the function of the knee joint, in particular a knee joint orthosis with a pad engaging around the patella of the knee joint. An improved patellar pad has the additional function of supporting movement and has additional preventive/therapeutic functions.