Abstract: An insole for footwear comprising silicone with a filler material, having a selected region of a silicone-cork mixture with a sufficiently high proportion of cork that the height thereof can be formed by grinding.

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

Abstract: Ankle brace with two arms extending over the ankle bones along the lower leg, said arms being joined under the foot by a flexible connecting member and being provided with cushioning chambers containing a fluid, each arm of the brace being provided with a single cushioning chamber with a longitudinal subdivision, said longitudinal subdivision forming a zone of reduced expandability in the region of the ankle bone and therefore forming opposite the ankle bone a recess which receives the latter, the connecting member being made of a material of such tensile elasticity that, during walking and the accompanying rolling of the foot as well as rhythmic pumping of the cushioning chambers, said connecting member is intermittently lengthened and shortened.

Abstract: The invention relates to a knee brace with straps engageable with the upper and lower leg and disposed above and below the knee, said straps being connected by a hinged rail extending over the knee at the side, said hinged rail comprising a fluid-inflatable padding and a hinged connection in the region of the knee. The padding comprises two optionally inflatable hollow pads connected by a channel, said hollow pads each being so disposed between the knee-distal straps and the hinged connection that, when the hollow pads are inflated, the knee is forced in relation to the straps into a position away from the hinged connection.

Abstract: Ankle brace with two arms extending over the ankle bones along the lower leg, said arms being joined under the foot by a flexible connecting member and being provided with cushioning chambers containing a fluid, each arm of the brace being provided with a single cushioning chamber with a longitudinal subdivision, said longitudinal subdivision forming a zone of reduced expandability in the region of the ankle bone and therefore forming opposite the ankle bone a recess which receives the latter, the connecting member being made of a material of such tensile elasticity that, during walking and the accompanying rolling of the foot as well as rhythmic pumping of the cushioning chambers, said connecting member is intermittently lengthened and shortened.

Abstract: The invention concerns an orthesis, made of flexible material, for immobilizing the thumb base joint, with a wrist strap surrounding the wrist and with a tubular extension piece receiving the thumb. The extension piece contains a sheathlike reinforcement with a transverse cutout located on the inside of the thumb base joint, and has in the region of the thumb base joint, on the outside of the thumb, a transverse slit of a length such that the transverse slit opens when the thumb base joint is bent, the degree of opening being limited by a flap which, bridging the transverse slit, extends from the outer region of the extension piece to the wrist strap and can be secured to the latter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compression hose made of elastic textile base material for the treatment of leg conditions, a rhombic lattice being integrated into the base material, with diagonals of the rhombuses lying in the longitudinal direction of the hose, and with intersecting strips which extend hexically and continuously obliquely relative to the longitudinal direction of the hose and form the rhombic lattice, the elasticity of these strips being less than the base material enclosed by the strips, and the length of the hose in each case defined by longitudinal stretching of the hose determining its compression pressure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a knee-joint orthesis with fastening means for the thigh and the lower leg, which fastening means are connected to one another via at least one two-part rail comprising a pivot hinge which is offset rearwards in relation to the knee joint, to adapt to the pattern of movement of the latter, and which includes a pin. The pin is mounted eccentrically in a pivot bearing which connects both rail parts in a rotationally movable manner and, by its turning movement, continuously displaces the position of the pin, this displacement into its respectively adapted position being effected by the movement of the knee joint.

Abstract: The invention relates to an epicondylitis clasp having a brace which contains a spring strip and can be contracted by an infinitely adjustable retaining strap. Arranged at one end of the brace on the inside of the clasp is a pad which serves to exert pressure on the epicondyle, is configured as an elongated, roughly rectangular cushion, having a longitudinal direction transverse to the clasping direction of the brace and a widened part at one end, and is fastened rotatively to the clasp via a central axis perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the pad in such a way that the widened part points toward the upper arm, whether applied to the right or left arm.

Abstract: A tubular bandage for parts of the human body, the bandage comprising: an elastic part, a significantly less elastic part, and straps which are of significantly less elastic longitudinal extensibility, or are nonelastic in the longitudinal direction, wherein the elastic part of the bandage comprises at least one insert incorporated with the significantly less elastic part to form a tubular configuration, wherein the straps are fixable to the significantly less elastic part across the elastic part such that when the straps are fixed the elasticity of the at least one insert is significantly reduced.

Abstract: A bandage consisting of elastic textile material, e.g. stocking, which is provided with a cushion covered by an overlay consisting of the same or similar textile material and which is secured to the textile material of the bandage by means of a border which projects over the cushion. The overlay is provided with, on the side facing the cushion, an elastic thermoplastic synthetic coating which is adhered to the textile material of the bandage in the region of the border areas by heating and whose softening temperature is below that of the textile material.